Re: Aralion and IDE blasphemy

[Alan Cox]

> > > The culprit is an ARALION ARS106S chipset card.  Interestingly it works
> > > in DOS, and if the hard disks are attached to it, it will even boot
> > 
> > What does lspci say the chipset really is ?
> 
> Here's the entry for it from lspci -v.  I can quote the entire file if you prefer.
> 
> 00:11.0 RAID bus controller: ARALION Inc: Unknown device 0301

Just the one controller shows up despite it being four ports ?

> However.  I put the thing in to try and relieve a problem of drive bays and
> connector lengths.  A bit of lateral thinking has provided another solution
> and I no longer need the card urgently.

Aralion claim Linux support so might be worth asking them ?
http://www.aralion.com/products/raidControl/ideRaid/ideRaid_ultimaRaid100.htm