Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:56:39 +0700 From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@kuzbass.ru> To: Anton - Valqk <lists@lozenetz.org>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help choosing a good PCI PIDE controller Message-ID: <20080312145639.GA30033@svzserv.kemerovo.su> In-Reply-To: <20080312120433.GA58516@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <47D7B223.6080108@lozenetz.org> <20080312110648.GA58063@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <20080312112946.GA10519@svzserv.kemerovo.su> <20080312120433.GA58516@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
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On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 01:04:33PM +0100, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > > I have had good experiences with the Promise Ultra100 TX2. > > > The Promise Ultra133 TX2 should be even better, but I have no personal > > > experience with it. (Apart from the slightly higher speed, the Ultra133 > > > should be able to handle large disks out of the box, while the Ultra100 > > > needed a firmware update to handle disks larger than 128GiB.) > > > > My copy of Ultra100 TX2 handles such larger disks out of the box pretty well. > It is probably the case that older Ultra100-TX2 units needed the firmware > update, while those manufactured at a later date shipped with the newer > firmware already installed. Yes :-) My controlled had firmware version newer that on-site one when it came. Eugene Grosbein
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