Re: Re: Using RAID chipsets in the motherboard.
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 02:17:13PM +, Pigeon wrote: > On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 01:12:35AM +0100, Matthias Hentges wrote: > > Am Fre, 2004-01-02 um 19.25 schrieb Ramasubramanian Ramesh: > > >It is my understanding that a PATA IDE drive can be connected > > >to SATA adapter with some cable mod or > > >some thing like that. Am I correct? > > > > I don't think so. SATA is very different from PATA. It's similar to > > SCSI, hence the use of the SCSI subsystem in Linux. A simple cablemod > > won't work. > > Such adapters do exist, but they are not simple cables, they contain some > logic. How well they work, or whether they require drivers, etc, I'm afraid > I don't know. The idea sounds flaky to me, and probably it's best to avoid > it... Followup: Just come across a couple of these in a dead-tree catalogue. They don't require any drivers. One of them claims to support "IDE hard drives, CD drives etc." up to ATA133; the other (slightly more expensive!) says it's compatible with ATA133 drives ONLY, which is something to beware of. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Re: Using RAID chipsets in the motherboard.
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 01:12:35AM +0100, Matthias Hentges wrote: > Am Fre, 2004-01-02 um 19.25 schrieb Ramasubramanian Ramesh: > >It is my understanding that a PATA IDE drive can be connected > >to SATA adapter with some cable mod or > >some thing like that. Am I correct? > > I don't think so. SATA is very different from PATA. It's similar to > SCSI, hence the use of the SCSI subsystem in Linux. A simple cablemod > won't work. Such adapters do exist, but they are not simple cables, they contain some logic. How well they work, or whether they require drivers, etc, I'm afraid I don't know. The idea sounds flaky to me, and probably it's best to avoid it... -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Re: Using RAID chipsets in the motherboard.
Am Fre, 2004-01-02 um 19.25 schrieb Ramasubramanian Ramesh: > Matthias, > >Thanks a lot for your reply. This is very comprehensive and to the point. >Thank you again. You made my day. Im glad you found my post informative. >I believe in time, the VIA solution will appear.Until then I will use SATA. > >It is my understanding that a PATA IDE drive can be connected >to SATA adapter with some cable mod or >some thing like that. Am I correct? I don't think so. SATA is very different from PATA. It's similar to SCSI, hence the use of the SCSI subsystem in Linux. A simple cablemod won't work. -- Matthias Hentges Cologne / Germany [www.hentges.net] -> PGP welcome, HTML tolerated ICQ: 97 26 97 4 -> No files, no URL's My OS: Debian Woody. Geek by Nature, Linux by Choice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re: Using RAID chipsets in the motherboard.
Matthias, Thanks a lot for your reply. This is very comprehensive and to the point. Thank you again. You made my day. I believe in time, the VIA solution will appear.Until then I will use SATA. It is my understanding that a PATA IDE drive can be connected to SATA adapter with some cable mod or some thing like that. Am I correct? If so can I connect a standard IDE device to SATA and still use kernel 2.6.test9? Thanks and Regards Ramesh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
