Is SATA hard drive supported by Fedora?

[Arthur Pemberton]

Hongyu Sun wrote:

>On 8/4/05, Arthur Pemberton <dalive at flashmail.com> wrote:
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>>Hongyu Sun wrote:
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>>>Dear All:
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>>>My computer is Dell OptiPlex GX280
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>>>>From the specification on
>>>http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/optix_gx280?c=us&cs=28&l=en&s=dfb
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>>>the hard drive is
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>>>Serial ATA 40, 80, 160 and 250GB 7200 RPM hard drives with S.M.A.R.T. II
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>>>To install Linux, I want to add a hard drive.
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>>>The Dell website recommended product is
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>>>     MAXTOR
>>>     100 GB 7200 RPM OneTouch II USB External Hard Drive
>>>     $127.46
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>>>It is surprising that an external hard drive is recommended. But what
>>>is more confusing is this website,
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>>>http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html
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>>>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?
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>>>Many many thank,
>>>
>>>HS
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>>Works for me. But I did not attempt RAID.  Shows up as /dev/sda. I love
>>SATA now.
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>A good news. Could you please tell me the exact type and model of the SATA? 
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Hitachi 80GB Serial ATA HD 7200/8MB/S-ATA-150

>My comptuer is Dell OptiPlex GX280
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>http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/optix_gx280?c=us&cs=28&l=en&s=dfb
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>So the hard drive is
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>Serial ATA 40, 80, 160 and 250GB 7200 RPM hard drives with S.M.A.R.T. II
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>I went to support.dell.com -- product support --upgrade
>http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/upgrades/en/hub?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&~ck=mn
>and input the service tag
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>the recommended product is 
>http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/Category.aspx?category_id=5683&srvctag=3MQ3Y61&c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04
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>      MAXTOR
>      100 GB 7200 RPM OneTouch II USB External Hard Drive
>      $127.46
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>It is surprising that an external hard drive is recommended. Dell even
>did not tell me where to buy a SATA.
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>So another question is can USB external drive install Linux? Can it be bootable?
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To the best of my knowledge, yes to both questions. However I'd do some 
further research before spending any money.

>Many many thanks,
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