Hi All, I have a server that is IDE drives and I dont have any so I wanted to put in a sata PCI card. Will CentOS be able to see the drives as they will be connected to the card? -ML
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:52 PM, ML <mailinglists at mailnewsrss.com> wrote:> Hi All, > > I have a server that is IDE drives and I dont have any so I wanted to > put in a sata PCI card. > > Will CentOS be able to see the drives as they will be connected to the > card? >My CentOS systems are all using SATA drives. All worked out of the box, though I did use software RAID rather than the hardware RAID.
If the SATA controller is supported then CentOS will be able to see the drives. You might have a look at http://linux-ata.org/driver-status.html On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 5:52 PM, ML <mailinglists at mailnewsrss.com> wrote:> Hi All, > > I have a server that is IDE drives and I dont have any so I wanted to > put in a sata PCI card. > > Will CentOS be able to see the drives as they will be connected to the > card? > > -ML > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 2:52 PM, ML wrote:> I have a server that is IDE drives and I dont have any so I wanted to > put in a sata PCI card. > > Will CentOS be able to see the drives as they will be connected to the > card?That's certainly the goal! :-) In addition to the linux-ata link already mentioned, you might review this CentOS mailing list thread about cards: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2009-September/082549.html -- Steve