H.D. install problem -

[Roger Heflin]

Bob Goodwin wrote:
> Tim wrote:
>> On Sun, 2008-08-24 at 19:58 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>  
>>> I had hoped to make the new drive a third one but sadly I found only
>>> two SATA connectors on the motherboard so I had to revert to plan B.
>>>     
>>
>> Or there's plan c - buy a SATA card to plug into your motherboard.
>>
>>   
> 
> SATA card:
> 
> This is the only one I see that recognizes the existence of non 
> Microsoft operating systems [there are some that mention Apple OSX] but 
> do I care?  This one has a raid function [which I don't need] that might 
> require MS software but I would expect a controller card to just work 
> except possibly for some change in the BIOS settings?
> 
> 
>              HighPoint ROCKETRAID1520 W/O PCI SATA Controller Card -
> 
>        *Operating Systems Supported:* Windows 98 / ME / NT4.0 / 2K / XP
>        / 2003 Linux (SuSE, Red Hat), and FreeBSD
> 
> 
> It looks to me like a $15 or $20 card ought to work by just plugging it 
> in without Windows but I need reassurance.
> 
> Does anyone know for certain?
> 
> Bob
> 
> 

Run away from that card, supported by linux typically means that they include
a driver in the box.

Any of the Sil* based cards should work, and should be really really cheap (<$30).

                             Roger