Roger Heflin wrote:
Bob Goodwin wrote:
> 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
1.5 or 3 won't matter. It is unlikely the drive itself will overload
the 1.5
stuff. The best (they cost quite a bit more-WD Raptors) drives top
out at sustained rates of 100MB/second (about 1.0 Gbps), normal drives
only do about 60-75MB/second, and likely if you put multiple drives on
those boards you will
hit the PCI bus limit which is lower than 1.5Gbps (132MB/second), so
it won't matter one bit what the actual SATA connection speed is.
Roger
The new drive is spec'd for 3 gb/s, not gB/s as I thought I read. The
ad people are playing the numbers game again.
However I plan on using the card for the old Windows drive which gets
little use anyway.
Thanks.
Bob