Hardware compat with Fc8

[bob smith]

Thanks to Bert and Steven -
I will see if I can find a promise or one of the other sata cards and 
test this.

modprobe -l | grep sata
/lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_qstor.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_vsc.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_via.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sis.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_nv.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sil.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_uli.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_promise.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sx4.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_mv.ko
/lib/modules/2.6.23.10-97.fc8.1axp/kernel/drivers/ata/sata_svw.ko


Steven Moix wrote:
> I can't give you a definitive answer, but we know some things:
>
> - You can't boot from a SATA card because of the SRM, you'll always need
> a disk to contain the boot files.
> - A card which has kernel drivers should work, have a look
> in /lib/modules/yourkernelversion/kernel/drivers/ata for compiled
> drivers. You can also look at the /boot/config-yourkernel file under the
> "SCSI Transports" section for compiled drivers. m means that they are
> compild as modules, the .ko files.
>
> So let us know when you have tried :)
>
> On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 09:53 -0400, bob smith wrote:
>   
>> I would like to add some disk drives to a couple of alphas.
>> I am interested in adding SATA drives, the price is right, but am not
>> sure where to
>> look for compatible PCI card sata interfaces.
>> Has any one tried this? does it work with FC8? is there a list of
>> cmpatible cards?
>> thanks
>> bob
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