RE: RE: Dilemma: Replace Escalade with Adaptec 2400A or Promise S

[Bonds, Deanna]

> <rant small=small>
> Aha, then this is a matter of miscommunication, obviously! 
> When looking at your Linux Downloads page, the last official 
> version made available is for Red Hat 7.0, kernel 2.2.16-22. 
> Navigating to the Unsupported RAID Drivers (presumably this 
> means not "completely qualified") page, one finds drivers for 
> more recent kernels but only a vague phrase "Applies to: All 
> DPT I2O architecture based RAID cards". This hints of the 
> *possibility* of the drivers working with a 2400A ATA RAID 
> controller. But this is important pre-sales info: not all of 
> us know reading from the product description that the 2400A 
> is based on I2O or that it's compatible enough to be 
> supported by your I2O family drivers! Please clarify this for 
> prospective Linux customers.
> </rant>

Point noted.  We are in the process of making the web site clearer.  This is
one of those things that I guess our linux group will just have to do
ourselves.  While we are at it we are adding a message board so questions
like this can be asked.

> Thanks for your clarifying comments, Deanna! I'll probably 
> try my luck with your product next.
> 
Cool :-)