I bought the following card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816110002

 

HDDs showed up in the card's BIOS, but not in UnRaid.

 

I didn't honestly expect it to, but at 40 bucks I figured it was worth a shot.

 

So to anyone else pondering this card, it doesn't work. At least it did not for me.

 

Just a heads up

I bought the following card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816110002

 

HDDs showed up in the card's BIOS, but not in UnRaid.

 

I didn't honestly expect it to, but at 40 bucks I figured it was worth a shot.

 

So to anyone else pondering this card, it doesn't work. At least it did not for me.

 

Just a heads up

What chipset does it use?  Is the chipset supported under Linux.  If so, Tom had added drivers as new hardware is identified that was supported.  Drop him an e-mail... who knows, it might work yet.

 

Joe L.

Chipset wise, the maker of it is dead in the water; they stopped making it awhile back.

 

Supposedly it works out of the box with Ubuntu 7.04, according to a comment on Newegg. The driver disc did not come with any Linux drivers. The only reference to an actual chipset it uses, I believe, is the "nc5000".

 

I may toss him an email later. With the price so low, I bet a lot of people may be debating buying them, and it might be worth it to add support, if applicable.

 

I already ordered a replacement, a known-to-work replacement, heh, so I could even mail it to him if he needed it

 

download Sidux live CD. Boot it up and look for the card in dmesg

Alrighty, I'll give it a shot. Can't guarantee anything: Not exactly a Linux pro, heh.

All the more reason to have a copy of Sidux. It will turn most Pcs into a nice up to date version of linux and only use RAM so you dont have to install.

 

While your in there havea  play about as well

Chipset wise, the maker of it is dead in the water; they stopped making it awhile back.

 

Supposedly it works out of the box with Ubuntu 7.04, according to a comment on Newegg. The driver disc did not come with any Linux drivers. The only reference to an actual chipset it uses, I believe, is the "nc5000".

 

I may toss him an email later. With the price so low, I bet a lot of people may be debating buying them, and it might be worth it to add support, if applicable.

 

I already ordered a replacement, a known-to-work replacement, heh, so I could even mail it to him if he needed it

 

 

The "nc5000" is Netcell "Revolution".  If you still want to try to use that card, I'll try to get the driver into the next beta build (4.3-beta1).

Don't worry about it. Unless someone else needs or wants it, I've already moved on to the Promise TX4s.

 

Thanks though!

Tom, I have this card I would be interested in trying out the beta.