On 7/28/2015 12:26 PM, Bill Maltby (C4B) wrote:
On Mon, 2015-07-27 at 11:06 -0400, Bowie Bailey wrote:
I have an old computer running CentOS 5. I need to add an SATA drive to
it, but it doesn't have any ports, so I need an add-on card. The board
only has a 32-bit PCI slot. Any recommendations on cards/brands that
work well with CentOS? I don't need any raid capabilities, I just need
a couple of SATA connections.
Thanks,
Have you considered this
http://www.startech.com/HDD/Adapters/Bi-Directional-SATA-IDE-Adapter-Converter~PATA2SATA3
I'm using the PATA2SATA3 and am well pleased.
They also have a uni-directional (meaning it adapts in one direction -
data flows both ways of course) one if that meets you needs.
I considered that one, but it looks like it needs to plug directly into
the IDE connector, and there isn't enough room to have a 2" device
plugged in there (2U case with a horizontally-mounted IDE card). I
decided on one that plugs directly into the SATA drive instead.
http://www.startech.com/HDD/Adapters/25in-and-35in-40-Pin-Male-IDE-to-SATA-Adapter-Converter~IDE2SAT2
Thanks for the suggestions, everyone!
--
Bowie
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