Hardware compat with Fc8

[Steven Moix]

Btw, you have an old kernel installed and should update it :) After
running the yum update, you need to manually modify the /etc/aboot.conf
too, see my blogpost on
http://www.alphatek.info/2008/04/25/updated-kernel-for-the-fedora-8-alpha-port/

Steven

On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 10:43 -0400, bob smith wrote:
> 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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