IDE Driver for Netware 3.12

[jeffkelly]

Does anyone know where to get a NW3.12 compatible ide driver that supports UDMA mode 5 hard drives? I installed the most recent 3.12 driver from Novell's website, but it downgrades my HDD speed causing high utilization. As a test, I installed a Promise Ultra 100 card and it fixed my problem. However, I would rather use the on-board controller if possible. Thanks.

 

[JockMullin]

Hi, Jeff

Don't know which driver you mean by 'most recent'. If it is IDE.DSK then there is an alternative. See the FAQ in this forum for a good discussion of supporting large IDE disks. I'm not sure if that one supports UDMA mode 5 or not or if maybe that is the one you are using already, but might be worth a look.

Jock

 

[jeffkelly]

I found a Promise Ultra 100 driver from the Asus website that solved all my problems. The driver posted on the Promise website works, but causes high server utilization. The Asus driver dropped the server utilization to 1/10 of the Promise driver. I later decided to switch to SCSI for my 3.12 server and use the Ultra 100 card/80 gig drives in a Novell 4.11 server.

 

[maques]

For the future generations...

For the current, and UDMA capable IDEATA.HAM driver, visit:

http://www.huweb.hu/maques/nwudma.htm

where you can read an extra story, and get some tips too.

G.