Motherboard and SATA questions
Scot L. Harris
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Mon Jan 31 14:27:53 UTC 2005
On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 07:08, Markku Kolkka wrote:
> Scot L. Harris kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika maanantai, 31.
> tammikuuta 2005 03:07):
> > I am in the process of collecting the parts for a system that
> > will run Fedora Core 3. One of the things I am not certain
> > about is using SATA type drives. Have always used IDE drives
> > or SCSI drives in previous systems. The motherboard I am
> > looking at is an ASUS P5GD2 Deluxe. I am planning on using
> > several Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model 6B300S0
> > drives as well as Plextor Serial ATA 12X DVD+/-RW Drive, Model
> > PX-712SA/SW drive.
>
> Support for ATAPI devices (CD/DVD) for SATA is still under
> development, it's likely not supported by the FC3 kernel.
>
That is what I was worried about.
> > Three things I have not been able to find out yet, first will
> > this motherboard support a total of 8 SATA drives?
>
> According to the specs it does.
>
> > Third, will I be able to boot the system from the Plextor SATA
> > DVD drive?
>
> Most likely not with the FC3 install DVD.
Thanks for the info. You have saved me some time and money. Will look
for a IDE type DVD burner for this project.
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Scot L. Harris
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