Roger Heflin wrote:
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
Yes, that's what I thought but I have been reluctant to order one until
someone verified it.
I'll pick one from Newegg's list and order it this afternoon. They show
a bunch of them. Most limited to 1.5 gB/s. The drive I bought is
spec'd for 3 gigs but I noticed it came jumpered for 1.5? Don't know
what the one I removed is rated for. But it has the /boot/ file on it
and it would make my life easier to just use it.
So far I am quite happy with F-9, even sound works once I got the
speaker plug in the right jack, no pulse audio problem here.
Tnx.
Bob