I decided to go for 64bit.

[Ilya Palagin]

Quoting Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>:
...
> > But don't forget to make sure your SATA controller has a decent support in
> Linux
> > kernel.  Currently I can't achieve stability for SiI3112A Serial ATA in RH
> > Enterprise.  RedHat helpdesk replied that "official support for SATA
> controllers
> > is only limited to ICH5 chipset."  Of course, it doesn't mean that others
> aren't
> > supported, but this "half-supported" SiI3112A is a nightmare.
> 
> The SII3112A on the A7N8X-E-DX I use at work is flawless.  Has worked
> perfectly under 2.4.25+ and 2.6.x (I currently use 2.6.7).  I also use
> an ICH5R on the P4P800 and no problems there either.  Both the scsi and
> old ide style interfaces have worked fine, although I prefer the scsi
> style interface of libata, so I use that.

Unfortunately, RHEL contains 2.4.21, probably that's why there are problems. 

> 
> The SII3114 on the other hand would be a nightmare.
> 
> Lennart Sorensen
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