SATA drive and PATA-only motherboard

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: CLIFFORD ILKAY <clifford_ilkay-biY6FKoJMRdBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org>

| I have the same need but I don't mind a PCI card, not PCI-e. Are there
| PCI SATA controller cards that are Linux-friendly? Spending a bunch of
| money on a RAID card would obviate the point of doing this so that's
| another factor.

There are a million inexpensive SATA controllers that are PCI cards.
The most available ones seem to be based on VIA chips.  I seem to
remember reading somewhere some time ago that Linux doesn't like the
VIA card.  I hope that that is no longer true.

http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=012857&cid=IO.898.236

http://cty.ca/main.asp?dir=Others&category=Add-on Card

http://www.jumbocomputers.ca/index.php?do=Product&cmd=pd&pid=001921&cid=812.475.760

http://www.infonec.ca/site/main.php?module=detail&id=9057
http://www.infonec.ca/site/main.php?module=detail&id=350160
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.7598
http://www.filtechcomputer.com/#IDE/SATA/SCSI
http://www.inmax.ca/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=59&products_id=3584
http://www.sonaggi.com/productDetail.php?category=I/O Controllers&subcategory=&pid=190100068001&isid=1449

Most of these are only SATA 1.
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