SATA and Fedora 7

[edwardspl at ita.org.mo]

Alessandro Brezzi wrote:

> Hi
>
> 2007/6/4, edwardspl at ita.org.mo <mailto:edwardspl at ita.org.mo>
> <edwardspl at ita.org.mo <mailto:edwardspl at ita.org.mo>>:
>
>     Alessandro Brezzi wrote:
>
>>     Hi
>>
>>     2007/6/4, oleksandr korneta <atenrok at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:atenrok at gmail.com>>:
>>
>>         Hello,
>>
>>         I have Asus A7N8X Deluxe Motherboard with onboard SATA
>>         controller. I
>>         have a long experience using Fedora on this hardware but I
>>         never used
>>         SATA drives, only IDE. Now I got one, and decided to install
>>         Fedora7 on
>>         a new drive. I heard a lot of scary stories about installing
>>         windows on
>>         the boxes with SATA controllers, so I'm just curious -- are
>>         there any
>>         surprises I should be ready for, comparing to installation
>>         with the
>>         regular PATA hard drive?
>>
>>
>>
>>         --
>>         regards,
>>         Oleksandr Korneta
>>
>>     I'm using SATA drives without any problem from FC1 up to now,
>>     both x66_64 and i386. One of my box is built around the same MoBo
>>     and I've installed a pletora of different GNU/Linux with this in
>>     the SATA drives.
>>     I've used SATA disks from Samsung (very reliable) Maxtor (2 years
>>     life before crash) an now WD
>>     HTH
>>     PS: I've experiencedproblems with Windows XP installer when the
>>     SATA disk was filled up with Linux partitions
>>     -- 
>>     Alessandro Brezzi
>
>     Hello,
>
>     So, how did you install FC6 with your S-ATA HD ?
>     The kernel of FC System build-in S-ATA driver ?
>
>     Edward.
>
> Yes, the installer know the on-board SATA controller (VIA chipset).
> Nothing special must be done, AFAIK. Not sure about PCI-SATA
> controller, never tested configurations like that.
> HTH
>
>
> -- 
> Alessandro Brezzi

Hello,

Sorry, before FC6...
How did you install with your S-ATA ?

Edward.
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