On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:49:56 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joerg Schilling) wrote:
> It is a shame that Solaris does not have a useful SATA support many years
> after the move towards SATA dis start.
But it does. It doesn't have as broad of support as systems that the
SATA controller manufacturers support, or as systems that have been
trying to support arbitrary PC-compatible hardware for more a decade,
but it does have useful SATA support.
> - Buying a new Intel based board is no option and the supported Intel
> chips are not available in separate PCI cards.
Why is buying a new Intel based board not an option? For that matter,
what about a new AMD motherboard, assuming you can find one with a
supported SATA controller?
> Conclusion, there is currently _no_ option to connect a SATA disk to a decent
> home system except by using a SATA <-> PATA or SATA <-> USB adaptor.
I think you've shown you can't do it with your exiting
motherboard. That's not enough to conclude that there is _no_ such
option. For instance, I think my home system is decent (2.4GHz Quad
Core 2 cpu, 4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] memory slots, 6 on-board SATA ports, and
gigabit network), and it doesn't need those things.
<mike
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