Did you have to do anything extra or was it 'out-of-the-box'? *looks hopeful*

as per Redhat's FAQ:
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Does Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Fedora contain drivers for Serial ATA (SATA)?

Resolution: Last update: 06-30-04

Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3 and the current version of Fedora support the following SATA chipset:

- Intel's ICH5 SATA chipset

Support for the Promise, Via, Silicon Image, and Broadcom (Apple K2) SATA chipsets are planned for a future release.

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Out of the box, I'm still totally new to this.

No they are not. IDE controllers from Highpoint, INTEL, Promise, Silicon Image, SIS, VIA and many others need software to help them do RAID. If you have any proof. I might change my mind. If you do not, please do not make any assumptions from the brands that I listed that have hardware RAID.

I guess personal experience isn't proof so it doesn't matter. (both Adaptec and 3Ware) Adaptec actually made the bios for the Intel SATA controller for this board.
http://www.supermicro.com/products/m...7210/P4SCi.cfm

Basically any bios you can go into and set up the array and initialize it is hardware raid (yes there are exceptions that's why I said basically), now almost every single chipset manufacturer has software that you can run to "optomize and/or monitor the array" from within the OS. This does not mean they are software raid as they don't require the software to set up or use the array.

Just because I'm new to linux doesn't mean I'm new to computer hardware. I've actually been running and building and designing raid systems for going on 10 yrs now. And I'll be the first person to always steer people as far away from software raid as possible, as the performance and stability is never remotely close to hardware raid.

I'm not trying to get into a pissing match, I just wanted to let people know from personal experience that I did a straight out of the box install on this chipset with no problems what so ever.

hello one and all,
i am installlin redh9 after puttin new hdd (samsung 160 gb,sata)...the installation is not goin forward..(error message 'No drives detected')..????

is there any solution to this??..rh9 does not support sata??... is there any version or distro of linux that support sata...??

it used to work before ....without sata hdd..

pls ans in simple english....

thx

dvlmn666:
I'm sorry, the IDE controller on the that motherboard is still software RAID even though Supermicro is the best motherboard manufacture. The datasheet of the IDE controller does not lie.


foolishpenguin:
Do the steps that I post. You will have to learn about compiling the kernel, editing some files, and configuring your boot loader (LILO or GRUB).

I think I just figured why we disagree, I am talking about SATA not IDE. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Hmm, I may get a different mobo now since the MSI K8N Neo2 is delayed for some weeks. Anybody know anything about the level of SATA support in Linux with the VIA K8T800 Pro chipset? http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=297 indicates that VIA does offer some support for their mobos at least, but the chipsets mentioned there are old. http://www.linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html doesn't mention the new chipset either.

I'm using a SATA drive with a Silicon Image SiI 3112 SATARaid controller (on-board on Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe mobo) without problems on Mandrake 10.0 (2.6.3 kernel). Worked out of the box. Which, I may add, is more than can be said for Windows XP when we once tried to install it on this machine. WinXP's installer needed a driver to be loaded first. Mandrake 10 did not. In this instance, Linux displayed better hardware support than Windows!

hello electro,
kernel compilation..?? i cannot install rh9...then i can think of compilation..
i hav intel 865 gbf motherboard.. and its with windows Xp..so wanted dual boot..??

also hav any of u heard about fedora linux..or sumthin??

can we disable in cmos ide setting... so that linux will then check for sata hdd..since it by default checks ide first??

will this affect windows xp..??

thx

I do not think Redhat 9 installer has SATA support. You will have to download the drivers from the manufacture that matches Redhat 9 and put them on a floppy. You will then have to tell the Redhat 9 installer that you have drivers for SCSI controllers. The easiest way is to use PATA hard drive to install LINUX. Then copy the files to the SATA hard drive after you have compiled the driver in the kernel. Also you will have to split the hard drive if you are installing LINUX on the same drive that has Windows.

Yes, I have heard Fedora. It is also known as Redhat 10. It is collabroation of Redhat employees and LINUX community. IMO, you will not learn a lot from Redhat because it summarized a lot of the work. You can use Mandrake and SUSE.

k electro,

so i hav to get rehhat 10 cds and install ...rite?? then no need of any kernel

compilation..

and wat is the meaning of settin bios in "legacy mode"..it seems then linux installs...( i got this frm some previous post ).

wat abt that setting : disable ide will tat work??

thx

SuSE 9.1 Per has software raid support in YaST. Yet, I have hardware raid on my southbridge. If I get a driver (aka module?) for my hardware raid controller, can I use that with SuSE? Or, does SuSE 9.1 Per support the VT8237 Southbridge raid controller?