Re: [SLUG] 4 IDE's

From: btt (btt@nethouse.com)
Date: Thu Jul 10 2003 - 09:55:59 EDT


On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 12:08:30AM -0400, Maureen L. Thomas wrote:
> btt wrote:
>
> >I have one of these and think it is just great:
> >
> > http://www.soyousa.com/products/proddesc.php?id=37
> >
> >It is a bit old, and I think that they have a DRAGON2 out now, but
> >I found that board to be very compatible with linux (the on-board
> >ethernet and audio both have drivers, as well as the on-board
> >Promise IDE controler). The RAID can be disabled allowing two extra
> >ata100 ports.
> >
> >I'm itchin to get the DRAGON 2, but I want to upgrade the RAM and
> >CPU at the same time. Ennh... maybe soon.
> >
> The boards I am looking at are both SOYO - SY-KT333 Dragon Ultra
> (Platinum Edition) with embedded Hipoint IDE-RAID that does ATA-133,
> IDE RAID 0,1, 0+1. The SOYO website doesn't say it I can disable it
> in the BIOS. It does say its compatible with Linux and BSD as well
> as winblows. The Mandrake website compatibility site doesn'ts have
> anything on Hipoint Raid or the KT333 chipsets. Or maybe I'll go
> with the K7VX4L Soyo Dragon plus without Raid and 2 IDE's and just
> get a card to inc the number of IDE's.

I remember having to resort to the soyo site because I lost the manual
for the Dragon K7V. They did have the full manual online in the
'downloads' section. That'll probably have the info for disabling the
RAID functionality. I know that on the K7V, there is a simple bios
setting.



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