On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 15:35:22 -0400 gwes <g...@oat.com> wrote: > >> I'll second the LSI Logic/Avago/Broadcom? SAS/SATA controllers. > >> They run as many disks as I want at full speed. As previously > >> mentioned they can be quite inexpensive if you buy one relabelled > >> as (for instance) an IBM card. > >> > >> They do need to be flashed to a recent firmware version. > >> Older firmware versions limit themselves to 32-bit block numbers. > > Can I flash one of these cards without installing it in a Windows > > box? Because I don't have one ;) > They can be flashed from Linux. I think a USB drive formatted right > with the appropriate files & running Linux from a cd-rom would > suffice. I did something like that.
Thanks.
