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Please help me with my new computer.

#1 Jdog

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Posted 12 November 2003 - 07:48 PM

#2 Dapper Dan

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Posted 12 November 2003 - 08:12 PM

I can't answer to your question specifically, but I will say you're very smart to ask theses questions before building a box you intend to install Linux on!

#3 Vermyn

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Posted 12 November 2003 - 09:50 PM

Only problem I can see is that some Linux distributions have quirks when experiencing some of the newer motherboards with Promise or Highpoint RAID controllers. You can get it to work with some distros - some distros will take some tender loving care - others will just plain not work with them.

#4 Lostman

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Posted 12 November 2003 - 10:12 PM

You should be fine. Don't know why you would use raid anyway. It's not like your running a server or anything.

#5 Vermyn

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Posted 12 November 2003 - 11:21 PM

Even though I don't use RAID, I have my hard drives hooked up to the Promise PDC20276 controller. A quick Google on that will show exactly what I'm talking about... RAID or not, if you have hard drives on that controller, you WILL have issues with some distributions.