Mark put forth on 12/3/2009 4:33 PM: > Curious if anyone has used something like this > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119257 with > Lenny. I have an old HP desktop running Lenny with 2 hdd: hda and hdb, > using IDE connections, with hda jumper set to Master and hdb set to > Slave. Currently hdb is 80 gb and ext3 format on hdb1 partition, with > /etc/fstab having hdb1 mount into /wd80gb upon boot. My plan is to > comment out that line in /etc/fstab, replace hdb with a 200 GB sata > drive and edit /etc/fstab accordingly. > > Has anyone done something similar? Just wanted to get tips ahead of > time in case Lenny doesn't like using one "real" IDE drive along with > one "adapted" IDE drive.
For the money and compatibility you're probably better off going with an actual SATA controller instead of that Frankenstein adatper. They're the same price. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815104219 I just ordered one of this PCI card and a 500GB WD drive for use in an old Intel 440BX system. The parts haven't arrived yet, so I can't testify yet to how well it works. However, the SiI 3112 is fully supported by libata and I anticipate no real problems. I still have to compile a new kernel with the SATA driver as I only have the PIIX IDE driver currently. I'll update this thread or post new as to if/how well it works. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
