Re: Promise Cache Controller and EIDE help ??

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From: Martin Berry
Date: Thu, 09 Nov 1995 00:00

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In article <813920022snz@itochu.demon.co.uk>, Andy Mc
<andrew@itochu.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>I recently helped a friend set-up a new 850MB Western Digital EIDE HD
>on his Vale 486dx266. (Ami-Bios 1992, no transalation or EIDE etc)
>
>Problem:
>
>He has a Promise DC-4030VLBus IDE Cache Controller installed and this
>will not work with the EIDE Drive... Basically, the Ontrack Disk Manager
>refuses to install and the the drive cannot be read. (well ok we can set
>it up as a 130MB drive :(
>
As you have found Ontrack does not work with the Promise controller. The
solution is to use the Promise driver. The latest version is available
from ftp.promise.com along with installation instructions. Beware, you
must follow the installation *exactly* to be able to use all the HD.
-- 
Martin Berry            email: martin@lanch.demon.co.uk
                        voice: +44 1207 521610

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