H.D. install problem -
Bob Goodwin
bobgoodwin at wildblue.net
Mon Aug 25 22:42:11 UTC 2008
Roger Heflin wrote:
> Bob Goodwin wrote:
>> 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
>
> 1.5 or 3 won't matter. It is unlikely the drive itself will overload
> the 1.5
> stuff. The best (they cost quite a bit more-WD Raptors) drives top
> out at sustained rates of 100MB/second (about 1.0 Gbps), normal drives
> only do about 60-75MB/second, and likely if you put multiple drives on
> those boards you will
> hit the PCI bus limit which is lower than 1.5Gbps (132MB/second), so
> it won't matter one bit what the actual SATA connection speed is.
>
> Roger
>
The new drive is spec'd for 3 gb/s, not gB/s as I thought I read. The
ad people are playing the numbers game again.
However I plan on using the card for the old Windows drive which gets
little use anyway.
Thanks.
Bob
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