Stan Hoeppner put forth on 12/3/2009 6:57 PM: > 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.
First, I found that my new PCI/SATA card is actually based on the SiI3512 not the 3112. Works just the same with the same sata_sil driver though. Had a few teething problems, as when I built a new kernel with libata support, I forgot to enable scsi_disk support. After figuring this out I rebuilt another kernel, and everything is now working flawlessly. Copied everything over using 'cp -a' a directory at a time, saving /var and other recent timestamp sensitive stuff for last. I didn't copy any of /dev over thinking the kernel would recreate all of it on the fly. The system failed to boot from the new disk, hanging with a "could not open console" warning. So, I copied /dev over and /proc, and that did the trick. The old drive is now disconnected from the system and everything seems just fine at this point, albeit with an extra 450GB I didn't have before and a nice speed boost. The new drive runs hdparm -t --direct at ~80MB/s. The old drive did ~8MB/s (never ran right in DMA mode). I'm very happy with this migration, and I'm glad I didn't go with an IDE/SATA adapter or just a 500GB IDE disk, as the onboard ATA chip would only do ATA/66. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
