Re: [SLUG] IDE Flaky on Linux ?

[Rod Butcher <rbutcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks... how do I check what IDE controller I have ? I have a $99 
Gigabyte board with all Via chips. How do you use a separate controller 
? PCI board ?  (be patient with me, I'm used to Windows and "don't you 
worry about that").
thanks, Rod

Dean Hamstead wrote:
> ide is way better on linux than in windows
> but that all depends on the support for your ide controller
> chip (so basically the driver)
>
> options include upgrading your kernel or getting another ide
> controller. i just bought a nice silicon image pci ide controller
> for $40 whole dollars that gives me another 2 channels ata133
>
> Dean
>
> Rod Butcher wrote:
>
> > Newbie here again... I think I've narrowed dow my "system flakiness" 
> > during heavy audio editing to a 10-gig Seagate IDE drive I was using 
> > for temp work files... switching these to the main SATA 120 gig drive 
> > results in a stable system. Reason for using the IDE drive was to try 
> > and spread the disk IO around. My IDE CDROM R/W drive is also flaky on 
> > Linux... both IDE devices work great on Win2K dualbooted on the same 
> > box. So - is IDE known to be flaky on Linux, or is it a matter of me 
> > configuring my system better ? The CD Burner is old anyway and only 
> > writes these days at 2x, so I need to get another one soon - question 
> > is, what type should I get to suit Linux ?
> > thanks
> > Rod