On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 04:20, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > > >1) Is SATA support working now for either chipset on that motherboard? > > >(Intelâ?? ICH5/ICH5R Chipset) > > > > > Probably yes. Unless you want to use the raid functions. I have a Nvidia > > based motherboard (sil 3112 chipset for SATA) and it works. I remmember > > seeing something about the ICH5/5R chipset. On linuxquestions.org there > > is a huge thread about linux+sata.. On one of the messages, someone say > > that FC2T2 works with this chipset.. Maybe someone else on this list can > > give a better answer about this. > > I found a page on Intel's site that said that newer kernels support SATA > on the ICH5 chipset, but only in legacy mode: > > http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/cs-006312-prd40.htm > > Whereas MSI (the manufacturer of the motherboard I've got on order) states > that WinXP can do SATA in Native mode. > > 1) Is there any advantage to running in Native mode? (IOW, is it worth it > to purchase WinXP?) > > 2) Does anybody know if Native mode support is coming to linux? Enhanced SATA (not Legacy) already works in Fedora Core and RHL 8,0/9 with newer kernels. I had to install RHL 8.0 in Legacy mode, then I could upgrade the kernel and use Enhanced mode. I think that the Legacy in BIOS bit was a part of another solution. Forrest
