H.D. install problem -

[Bob Goodwin]

Roger Heflin wrote:
> 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
>

The new drive is spec'd for 3 gb/s, not gB/s as I thought I read.  The 
ad people are playing the numbers game again.

However I plan on using the card for the old Windows drive which gets 
little use anyway.

Thanks.

Bob