Is SATA hard drive supported by Fedora?

[Hongyu Sun]

Dear All:

My computer is Dell OptiPlex GX280

>From the specification on 
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/optix_gx280?c=us&cs=28&l=en&s=dfb

the hard drive is

Serial ATA 40, 80, 160 and 250GB 7200 RPM hard drives with S.M.A.R.T. II

To install Linux, I want to add a hard drive.

The Dell website recommended product is 

      MAXTOR
      100 GB 7200 RPM OneTouch II USB External Hard Drive
      $127.46

It is surprising that an external hard drive is recommended. But what
is more confusing is this website,

http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html

Seems serial ATA is not supported by Linux. So probably I have to buy a USB 
external hard drive. I wonder if Fedora support serial ATA or external
USB or neither?


Many many thank,

HS