Is SATA hard drive supported by Fedora?

[Arthur Pemberton]

Hongyu Sun wrote:

>Dear All:
>
>My computer is Dell OptiPlex GX280
>
>>From the specification on 
>http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/optix_gx280?c=us&cs=28&l=en&s=dfb
>
>the hard drive is
>
>Serial ATA 40, 80, 160 and 250GB 7200 RPM hard drives with S.M.A.R.T. II
>
>To install Linux, I want to add a hard drive.
>
>The Dell website recommended product is 
>
>      MAXTOR
>      100 GB 7200 RPM OneTouch II USB External Hard Drive
>      $127.46
>
>It is surprising that an external hard drive is recommended. But what
>is more confusing is this website,
>
>http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html
>
>Seems serial ATA is not supported by Linux. So probably I have to buy a USB 
>external hard drive. I wonder if Fedora support serial ATA or external
>USB or neither?
>
>
>Many many thank,
>
>HS
>
>  
>
Works for me. But I did not attempt RAID.  Shows up as /dev/sda. I love 
SATA now.