Bob Goodwin wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 19:58 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
I had hoped to make the new drive a third one but sadly I found only two SATA connectors on the motherboard so I had to revert to plan B.
Or there's plan c - buy a SATA card to plug into your motherboard.
SATA card:
This is the only one I see that recognizes the existence of non Microsoft operating systems [there are some that mention Apple OSX] but do I care? This one has a raid function [which I don't need] that might require MS software but I would expect a controller card to just work except possibly for some change in the BIOS settings?
HighPoint ROCKETRAID1520 W/O PCI SATA Controller Card - *Operating Systems Supported:* Windows 98 / ME / NT4.0 / 2K / XP / 2003 Linux (SuSE, Red Hat), and FreeBSD
It looks to me like a $15 or $20 card ought to work by just plugging it in without Windows but I need reassurance.
Does anyone know for certain?
Bob
Run away from that card, supported by linux typically means that they include a driver in the box.
Any of the Sil* based cards should work, and should be really really cheap (<$30).
Roger