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Richard Lamont <richard@stonix.demon.co.uk> wrote in article
<6jk2qr$21n@stonix.demon.co.uk>...
> In article <01bd805a$0dc10f10$0100b51f@dbqa>,
> 	"Tom Bird" <hamster@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes:
> 
> > Linux won't talk to my Promise caching IDE controller (VLB) that I just
got
> > to upgrade my main Linux box.  I have put 4Mb of RAM on it and it works
> > fine in Win95 with no modifications.
> 
> If it is the DC4030 VLB, then:

That's it.

> (a) the main IDE driver doesn't like it. You will need to compile
> a kernel with the "old" IDE driver instead.

I'm still a Linux newbie - how do I do this?

> (b) there is little point in using a cacheing disk controller with
> Linux. It is much more cost effective to add memory to the
> motherboard, because the kernel uses spare memory for disc
> cacheing anyway.

The mobo's at its limit now (no free slots and I haven't got / or intend
buying any new RAM for it.

> In the end I threw my DC4030 VLB out, and replaced it with a
> GBP 10 generic VLB controller.

That's what it has now.  I liked the caching thing.  When you say 'thrown
out', do you mean in the bin or relegated to the drawer?  It seems like a
quality card.

> These comments all relate to the situation as it was until about
> a year ago, when I got a new box. 

I've just found a driver for my SCSI card so now I will be able to run
Linux nearly full time.

TB