H.D. install problem -

[Roger Heflin]

Bob Goodwin wrote:
> Roger Heflin wrote:
>> Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Run away from that card, supported by linux typically means that they 
>> include
>> a driver in the box.
>>
>> Any of the Sil* based cards should work, and should be really really 
>> cheap (<$30).
>>
>>                             Roger
>>
> Yes, that's what I thought but I have been reluctant to order one until 
> someone verified it.
> 
> I'll pick one from Newegg's list and order it this afternoon.  They show 
> a bunch of them.  Most limited to 1.5 gB/s.  The drive I bought is 
> spec'd for 3 gigs but I noticed it came jumpered for 1.5?  Don't know 
> what the one I removed is rated for.  But it has the /boot/ file on it 
> and it would make my life easier to just use it.
> 
> So far I am quite happy with F-9, even sound works once I got the 
> speaker plug in the right jack, no pulse audio problem here.
> 
> Tnx.
> 
> Bob

1.5 or 3 won't matter.   It is unlikely the drive itself will overload the 1.5
stuff.   The best (they cost quite a bit more-WD Raptors) drives top out at 
sustained rates of 100MB/second (about 1.0 Gbps), normal drives only do about 
60-75MB/second, and likely if you put multiple drives on those boards you will
hit the PCI bus limit which is lower than 1.5Gbps (132MB/second), so it won't 
matter one bit what the actual SATA connection speed is.

                           Roger