[wellylug] PCI SATA controllers

[John Durham]

David Antliff wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Has anyone had any experience with Linux and PCI (not PCI-express)
> SATA controllers such as this one:
> 
> http://www.ascent.co.nz/productspecification.aspx?ItemID=353726
> 
> ??
> 
> I'm curious to know whether this will work with Linux, specifically
> Ubuntu 7.04 (or 7.10 if I have to upgrade because of this). I'm not
> looking to use RAID but I'd consider a known-good SATA RAID controller
> in non-RAID configuration, if it's cheap enough.
> 
> Alternatively, is anyone currently using a SATA hard disk with a
> similar PCI controller card and if so how does it differ in terms of
> drivers compared with motherboard-based SATA controllers?
> 
> Unfortunately Google hasn't been much help to me so far - I find a lot
> of unanswered forum questions about the same thing, but no useful
> answers.
> 
  Hi,
  I found this recommendation on line:
O'Reilly's "Linux Device Drivers" is a good book. While I don't write 
drivers, after reading through it I could see how it would help if I 
were ever in the need.
Sean
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum40/1183.htm
You may be able to get this here:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxdrive3/
The hardware issues are probably simple by comparison.
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