That is very nice to know. I like the price <G>. Thank you for this and the drive info.
On Monday 09 January 2006 10:35, Bill Roberts wrote: > I just bought this sata controller: > > SYBA SY-VIA-150 PCI SATA /IDE Combo Controller Card, Non Raid > > Cost was $11.60 at Newegg. Gives you two satas, one ide. Only has one sata > cable with it, and you will need sata power-adapters, depending on the sata > drives you buy. Works well with the following kernel settings. > > CONFIG_SCSI=y > CONFIG_SCSI_SATA=y > CONFIG_SCSI_SATA_VIA=y > CONFIG_SCSI_QLA2XXX=y > > Good luck. > > Bill Roberts > > On 20:50 Sun 08 Jan , Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > > I have a system I need to upgrade from SCSI with an Adaptec 3210S RAID > > (I'm using HItachi nee IBM SCSI Ultrastor drives which aren't holding up > > too well) and am looking at going with SATA. Some input from the those > > with recommendations or experiences would be appreciated. > > > > 1. SATA Controllers - I see a bunch listed in menuconfig but what have > > you found to work? Is Promise any good? What are some good brands > > > > 2. Sata drives - what have you found to be reliable and work well. I've > > crossed Hitachi off my list because of my experience with the > > Ultrastores. > > > > Thank you. > > > > -- > > > > Brett I. Holcomb > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Brett I. Holcomb -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
