1. Introduction
This document contains two main sections, the module setup, and the
migration. Neither of these are documented anywhere on the net.
1.1. What?
The Promise Fasttrak is a PCI Ultra 100 RAID Card. It can be
used as a RAID card, or as standard IDE interfaces. This
documentation DOES NOT address the issues of the 'ataraid' module,
but addresses the issues of setting up the card with the propriety
module 'ft', as supplied by 'Promise Technologies'.
1.2. Why?
The documentation that comes with the module contains erroneous
instructions that if followed, cause the card to not work properly.
Also, upon looking over the internet for such documentation, I found
a lack.
1.3. How?
Using the Promise Technology module. The module that Promise
Technologies provide works well, but the documentation they provide is
somewhat lacking.
1.4. Copyright and License
This document, Linux Migration to Promise RAID
Card-HOWTO,
is copyrighted (c) 2002 by Benjamin Simkin.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation
License, Version 1.1 or any later version published
by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections,
with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.
A copy of the license is available at
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html.
1.5. Disclaimer
No liability for the contents of this document can be accepted.
Use the concepts, examples and information at your own risk.
There may be errors and inaccuracies, that could be damaging to
your system. Proceed with caution, and although this is highly
unlikely, the author does not take any responsibility.
All copyrights are held by their by their respective owners,
unless specifically noted otherwise. Use of a term in this
document should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any
trademark or service mark. Naming of particular products or
brands should not be seen as endorsements.
1.6. Contact the Author
You may email me (<bensimkin (at) union.org.za>) with
improvements and suggestions etc. Please include
in the subject line: "Promise RAID HOWTO".