Re: [vox-tech] athlon questions

[Mytho X <mytho_x@pacbellMAPS.net>]

I was thinking of building a new system as well, however I was waiting 
to find out if ATA-100 is supported.

I have read the Ultra DMA how-to and it has not been updated regarding 
ATA-100, Does anyone know if linux can support it (is in drivers)?

Thanks,
Stephen

Foo Lim wrote:


> There are newer mobos coming out for the Athlon with ATA-100 built-in.  
> The A7V mentioned above has a Promise ATA-100 controller on-board in
> addition to the regular ATA-33/66 main IDE bus, so I think it can support
> 8 drives altogether (altho I haven't tried it nor does the docs say
> anything about that).