Hardware Compatibility

[Alexander Dalloz]

Arun Binaykia schrieb:

>Does FC4 have sata compatibility?
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Sure.

>I am unable to load FC4 on ASUS A8V-MX with sata 80G drives. I dont have
>bandwidth to download FC5. Till I get hold of it I only have FC4. Found
>out that the sata is not supported by any flavor of linux.
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That (last sentence) is not correct.

>What are the places to look for checking hardware compatibility with
>linux before purchasing any hardware?
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There is (unfortunately) not the one an only place. Use google to get 
hints. One starting point can be

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HCL

>TIA
>Arun
>
Alexander