At 02:54 PM 4/29/2004, Taylor, ForrestX wrote: >On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 04:20, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: >> > >1) Is SATA support working now for either chipset on that motherboard? >> > >(Intel ICH5/ICH5R Chipset) >> > > >> 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. Enhanced ICH5 is fine in Enhanced Mode with SATA. It's the RAID option (ICH5R) that requires Legacy Mode to work. I just use software RAID instead. The ICH5R isn't true hardware RAID anyway, from what I've read. -- I build Linux business solutions in the Boston area. mailto:bob(at)rsi.com, http://www.rsi.com/, 617.965.1700
