H.D. install problem -

[Bob Goodwin]

Roger Heflin wrote:
> 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
>
Yes, that's what I thought but I have been reluctant to order one until 
someone verified it.

I'll pick one from Newegg's list and order it this afternoon.  They show 
a bunch of them.  Most limited to 1.5 gB/s.  The drive I bought is 
spec'd for 3 gigs but I noticed it came jumpered for 1.5?  Don't know 
what the one I removed is rated for.  But it has the /boot/ file on it 
and it would make my life easier to just use it.

So far I am quite happy with F-9, even sound works once I got the 
speaker plug in the right jack, no pulse audio problem here.

Tnx.

Bob