We have an MSI mobo with Intel ICH5/ICH5R SATA controller running SuSE 9.1 (kernel 2.6). After 1.5 years of operation, I haven't gotten any SATA-related problems.
-joey >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@cus >Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 2:44 PM >To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List >Subject: Re: [plug] Difference between IDE and SATA > >tnx for the quick response. ill go with the old but working >IDE interface hehe... > > >Paolo Alexis Falcone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoting "[EMAIL PROTECTED]@cus" : > > > hi guys, > > what are the major difference of IDE and SATA regarding > > installation, performance and quality for linux >servers.im still > > thinking if ill go with the old IDE interface for my >hard drives of > > the new SATA. i havent configured or installed any >SATA devices with > > linux, are they same in terms of installation? > > SATA support for Linux is still maturing. There are >some chipsets (e.g. > NForce4) which still doesn't have decent SATA support >in Linux. NCQ etc > have also yet to mature. If you're going to have them >placed in a RAID > configuration, you can go for hardware RAID solutions >(a good list of > compatible cards can be found online) or Linux's much >faster software > RAID. > > -- > Paolo Alexis Falcone > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > >________________________________ > >Bring words and photos together (easily) with >PhotoMail ><http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/PMHM3/*http://photomai >l.mail.yahoo.com> - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
