Don Hayward wrote:
Hi Roberto,
On Sun, 18 Dec 2005, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
I am getting ready to purchase a system that has the Silicon Image
3114 SATA controller. I understand that it is well supported, even by
the default kernel in Sarge. However, I was also planning on getting
some Seagate Barracuda drives. Based on some things I found via a
Google search [0], I am a bit hesitant to get that combination. Does
anyone on the list have any firsthand experience with Barracuda drives
on a 3114 controller? What have you encountered?
I have three systems on Tyan S2875 (Dual Opteron) boards with sil 3114
chips all carrying 4 Barracuda drives. Two have had no problems. The
other is the oldest and has had a variety of issues. I lately flashed
the bios to the latest version and installed amd64 etch from the beta
install image (2.6.12 I believe) and things have been stable since.
OK. Thanks. I am getting ready to buy a couple of GX28 (2882 based)
systems. I am glad to hear that they work. Since I am getting newer
drives and newer systems, I imagine that I should not have any trouble.
However, to be clear, you are running Sarge on these systems?
Also, did you run into any trouble with the installer detecting
anything? I was planning on doing the Sarge amd64 netinstall. I have
read conflicting reports about compatibility with the broadcom ethernet
devices. Was that an issue for you?
Thanks very much for your time and insight.
-Roberto
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