Scot L. Harris kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika maanantai, 31. tammikuuta 2005 03:07): > I am in the process of collecting the parts for a system that > will run Fedora Core 3. One of the things I am not certain > about is using SATA type drives. Have always used IDE drives > or SCSI drives in previous systems. The motherboard I am > looking at is an ASUS P5GD2 Deluxe. I am planning on using > several Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model 6B300S0 > drives as well as Plextor Serial ATA 12X DVD+/-RW Drive, Model > PX-712SA/SW drive. Support for ATAPI devices (CD/DVD) for SATA is still under development, it's likely not supported by the FC3 kernel. > Three things I have not been able to find out yet, first will > this motherboard support a total of 8 SATA drives? According to the specs it does. > Third, will I be able to boot the system from the Plextor SATA > DVD drive? Most likely not with the FC3 install DVD. -- Markku Kolkka markku.kolkka@xxxxxx
