[Xastir] Serial ata drives

[Chris Abbott]

On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 20:10, Dick C. Reichenbach wrote:
> On a completly similar note:  I just upgraded my system to a newer 
> computer, so I think we are following similar path's.  I just got my new 
> 'puter  assembled today, in fact.
> 
> I noticed my SATA drive didn't come up under an older 2.4.22 kernel I 
> had lying around.  Reading some articles on this I downloaded a new 
> 2.4.27 kernel and it was recognised.  I understand from some of the 
> reports that I read, that the drivers aren't running at full speed, yet, 
> and some faults are showing up, although at first glance my computer is 
> running without any kernel panics, yet.  Supposedly the support in the 
> 2.6.7 kernels are better, but the tradeoff is that the 2.6.7 kernels 
> aren't as stable.  My SATA1 showed up as /dev/sda. 
Umm, I've been running 2.6.7 on my desktop, and I haven't had any
problems with it. I've got 2.6.0 on the server, and it has been rock
solid. I'm going to eventually upgrade it to 2.6.7.

> 
> According to the docs, my Giga-byte board will take both ATA's and 
> SATA's at the same time.  I havn't tried it yet.  My friend has an older 
> board, his won't take both at once.
> 
> As for booting linux.  That shouldn't be a problem.  Assuming that the 
> new computer can handle having both in there at the same time, then it's 
> just a matter of telling bios which drive has boot priority.
> 
> 
> Let me know if you have any more questions.
> Dick R.
> 
> James Jolin wrote:
> 
> > Curt,
> > I know the subject line sounds a bit ot , but I thought I pick the 
> > brains of the group. I just got a new computer with serial ATA ports.  
> > My linux box is on my older computer on a second harddrive  (ata).  I 
> > would like to take that drive and install it in the new computer, but 
> > I don't know if that will be compatable.  I could just keep the old 
> > computer, but I'm starting to run out of space.  I really didn't know 
> > where to go with this question, so I thought I start with you all.
> > Jim wa9arb
> >
> >
> >
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