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>7. Controllers (hard drive)</H1
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> Enhanced IDE (EIDE) interfaces are supported, including support for
UDMA and ATA/33, ATA/66, and so on for some controllers and compatible
drives. Linux will detect these IDE interfaces:
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> CMD-640 (Support for buggy interfaces in kernel 2.2)
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> RZ1000 (Support for buggy interfaces in kernel 2.2)
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> AEC62XX
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> ALI M15x3
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> AMD Viper
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> CY82C693
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> Cyrix CS5530 MediaGX
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> HPT34X
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> HPT366
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> Intel PIIXn
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> NS87415
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> OPTi 82C621
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> Promise PDC20246/PDC20262/PDC20267
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> ServerWorks OSB4
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> SiS5513
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> SLC90E66
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> Tekram TRM290
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> VIA82CXXX
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> DTC 2278D
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> FGI/Holtek HT-6560B VLB (Support for secondary interface in
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> Triton I (82371FB) (with busmaster DMA)
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> Triton II (82371SB) (with busmaster DMA)
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> ALI M14xx
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> Promise DC4030
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> QDI QD6580
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> UMC 8672
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> Please see the <A
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> Linux will work with standard IDE, MFM and RLL controllers. When using
MFM/RLL controllers it is important to use ext2fs and the bad block
checking options when formatting the disk.
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> ESDI controllers that emulate the ST-506 (MFM/RLL/IDE) interface will
also work. The bad block checking comment also applies to these
controllers.
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> Generic 8 bit XT controllers also work.
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>7.1. Alpha, Beta drivers</H2
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> UMC 8672 interfaces (experimental in kernel 2.2)
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> Promise DC4030VL caching interface card (experimental support
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