Re: [CentOS] sata drives and controlers

2011-03-09 Thread David Brian Chait
> thats some old stuff. :-/ Monumental understatementwhy again do you want to put it back into production Michel? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] sata drives and controlers

2011-03-09 Thread John R Pierce
On 03/09/11 6:03 PM, Michel Donais wrote: >> Is your server PCI 32bit, PCI 64bit, or PCI-X (64bit, 100-133Mhz), or is >> it PCI-Express and if so does it have x4 or faster slots? > The mother board is an MSI KT# MS6380E with an AMD2100XP cpu > FSB is 166 mhz; chipset is 333mhz thats some old stuff

Re: [CentOS] sata drives and controlers

2011-03-09 Thread Michel Donais
> Is your server PCI 32bit, PCI 64bit, or PCI-X (64bit, 100-133Mhz), or is > it PCI-Express and if so does it have x4 or faster slots? The mother board is an MSI KT# MS6380E with an AMD2100XP cpu FSB is 166 mhz; chipset is 333mhz > As someone else said, a SATA card likely will NOT be bootable, u

Re: [CentOS] sata drives and controlers

2011-03-08 Thread John R Pierce
On 03/08/11 8:20 PM, Michel Donais wrote: > I intend to replace fading SCSI drive by a SATA one. > The motherboard is PCI and no SATA controller on board. > So I need a SATA/PCI controller. > Is there something wrong to do this kind of switch? > Some told me that I won't be able to boot that drive

Re: [CentOS] sata drives and controlers

2011-03-08 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 11:20 PM, Michel Donais wrote: > I intend to replace fading SCSI drive by a SATA one. > The motherboard is PCI and no SATA controller on board. > So I need a SATA/PCI  controller. > > Is there something wrong to do this kind of switch? > Some told me that I won't be able to

[CentOS] sata drives and controlers

2011-03-08 Thread Michel Donais
I intend to replace fading SCSI drive by a SATA one. The motherboard is PCI and no SATA controller on board. So I need a SATA/PCI controller. Is there something wrong to do this kind of switch? Some told me that I won't be able to boot that drive. Loosing part of the SATA interface speed is not