[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux compatable ATA/100 interface

[Greg Edwards]

Mark & Nancy Hooper wrote:
> 
> I have looked at all the hardware compatibility list I can find, and I
> do not find listings for ATA/100 interfaces.  I did see where some folks
> have had trouble with Maxtor and Promise controllers.
> I bought a 80G Maxtor drive, and after getting home I discovered the
> EIDE controllers on my motherboard (ASUS CUBX) are UltraDMA/66 and
> UltraDMA/33 (2 each).  Now after mucking around with things the 4G
> DMA/33 drive that is (WAS?) my Mandrake 8.2 drive will not boot. I can
> deal with that if I can get the new drive working.
> 
> Mark

Compatibility issues should not be at the OS level on this.  IIRC, all
ATA/100 drives run at ATA/66 levels, even w/o a controller card.  You do
need to use the newer style cable Blue/Gray/Black connectors to get the
drive to talk right.

You could buy a controller card but I'm not sure that a MB upgrade
wouldn't be money better spend there.

Why did the bootable disk stop?  Did you toast the boot sector or maybe
you've got a jumper set wrong?  Are you using the wrong cable (33 or 66
style) for the connector in the board?

-- 
Greg Edwards <greg at nas-inet.com>