H.D. install problem -

[Bob Goodwin]

Tim wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 19:58 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>   
>> I had hoped to make the new drive a third one but sadly I found only
>> two SATA connectors on the motherboard so I had to revert to plan B.
>>     
>
> Or there's plan c - buy a SATA card to plug into your motherboard.
>
>   

SATA card:

This is the only one I see that recognizes the existence of non 
Microsoft operating systems [there are some that mention Apple OSX] but 
do I care?  This one has a raid function [which I don't need] that might 
require MS software but I would expect a controller card to just work 
except possibly for some change in the BIOS settings?


              HighPoint ROCKETRAID1520 W/O PCI SATA Controller Card -

        *Operating Systems Supported:* Windows 98 / ME / NT4.0 / 2K / XP
        / 2003 Linux (SuSE, Red Hat), and FreeBSD


It looks to me like a $15 or $20 card ought to work by just plugging it 
in without Windows but I need reassurance.

Does anyone know for certain?

Bob