SATA and Fedora 7

[Robin Laing]

oleksandr korneta wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have Asus A7N8X Deluxe Motherboard with onboard SATA controller. I 
> have a long experience using Fedora on this hardware but I never used 
> SATA drives, only IDE. Now I got one, and decided to install Fedora7 on 
> a new drive. I heard a lot of scary stories about installing windows on 
> the boxes with SATA controllers, so I'm just curious -- are there any 
> surprises I should be ready for, comparing to installation with the 
> regular PATA hard drive?
> 
> 
> 

I have the motherboard and no issues at all.  At first it was an issue 
but after FC1 it was no problem.  It uses an Sil controller if I 
remember correctly.  I also have PCI sata card in the computer for two 
more SATA drives.


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