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From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com>
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Eugene Grosbein wrote:

> Doug White wrote:
>
> > I HIGHLY recommend using a DIFFERENT controller for disks. The ROSB4 is OK
> > for CDROMs and the like, but use a different controller for the system
> > drive.  Promise controllers work great. :)
>
> Hmm, I use SMP motherboard Intel STL2 with ServerWorks ServerSet III LE
> and integrated ROSB4:
> http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/STL2/
> I can't found any notes here about the controller.
>
> Could you please point me to any kind of "official" announcement
> from Intel, chipset or controller producer?

Someone referred me to a EETimes article, and I have hundreds of Tyan
S2510/S2518 boards I can reproduce the problem on under multiple operating
systems.

Considering the ROSB4 is only ATA33, you probably want something faster.
:)

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