This may be OT but, based on the current technology, AFAIK SATA does not provide any better transfer rates compared to age-old IDE. The newest tech that has the Command-queuing may provide additional benefits but how does it all add up in terms of benefits? The only thing I can think of is using SATA with Western Digital's Raptor 10K RPM drives in place of SCSI. I know I work for WD, but I just can't figure out the benefits. (& I don't see my IT dept running to change it all to SATA) :) Cheers, Mun Heng, Ow -----Original Message----- From: Dean Mumby [mailto:dean@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 3:25 PM To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: SATA problems Try installing k12ltsp.org there distro is based on redhat 9 and includes the latest kernel. You can rsync against your redhat 9 cds and it wont take long. Otherwise what sata is it , I have installed using silicon with no problems and have driver disk for promise fastrack TX4000/376/378/S150 Regards Dean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Harris" <atarimike@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 6:46 AM Subject: SATA problems > I recently got a new Dell XPS system with serial ATA hard > drives and I'm trying to install Red Hat 9 (or 8.0). > Trouble is there isn't support for SATA in the the kernel > the Red Hat installer uses. (There is in 2.4.21 though). > XP reports the SATA controller as "Intel(R) 82801EB Ultra > ATA Storage Controller." I've looked on Intel's site and > couldn't find any drivers. Some people have suggested to > turn on ATA compatability in the BIOS, but the Dell BIOS > setup won't let you do that. > Any idea where I can find a driver disk for 9 or 8.0, or a > errata kernel for 2.4.21? > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > > -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
