SATA on Linux vs. WinXP WAS Help me to get rid of windows forever
Robin Laing
Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Thu Apr 29 19:28:33 UTC 2004
Bob Gorman wrote:
> At 02:54 PM 4/29/2004, Taylor, ForrestX wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 04:20, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote:
>>
>>>>>1) Is SATA support working now for either chipset on that motherboard?
>>>>>(Intel ICH5/ICH5R Chipset)
>>>>>
>>>
>>>I found a page on Intel's site that said that newer kernels support SATA
>>>on the ICH5 chipset, but only in legacy mode:
>>>
>>>http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/cs-006312-prd40.htm
>>>
>>>Whereas MSI (the manufacturer of the motherboard I've got on order) states
>>>that WinXP can do SATA in Native mode.
>>>
>>>1) Is there any advantage to running in Native mode? (IOW, is it worth it
>>>to purchase WinXP?)
>>>
>>>2) Does anybody know if Native mode support is coming to linux?
>>
>>Enhanced SATA (not Legacy) already works in Fedora Core and RHL 8,0/9
>>with newer kernels. I had to install RHL 8.0 in Legacy mode, then I
>>could upgrade the kernel and use Enhanced mode.
>>
>>I think that the Legacy in BIOS bit was a part of another solution.
>
>
> Enhanced ICH5 is fine in Enhanced Mode with SATA. It's the RAID option (ICH5R) that requires Legacy Mode to work. I just use software RAID instead. The ICH5R isn't true hardware RAID anyway, from what I've read.
>
Doesn't software raid also have more tools for recovery? Less
hardware dependent?
I set up my new computer with software raid after reading the about
the above points. I took what I read to be true.
BTW, the FC1 kernel did recognize my SATA controller (SI) and the raid
that I set up with the BIOS. I removed the HW raid after reading
about recovery and raid tools.
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Robin Laing
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