On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 20:07:05 -0500, Scot L. Harris <webid@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > > Three things I have not been able to find out yet, first will this > motherboard support a total of 8 SATA drives? > > Second has anyone else used Fedora Core 3 (or 2) with this board > successfully? Plan is to boot from the SATA drive, I don't plan on > having any IDE drives in this box. And I have seen some issues with SATA > drives reported here. > > Third, will I be able to boot the system from the Plextor SATA DVD > drive? > > I am currently not planning on using any of the raid options with this > system. > > ASUS "P5GD2 Deluxe" 915P Chipset Motherboard For Intel LGA 775 CPU > -RETAIL > > Model# P5GD2 DELUXE Item # N82E16813131506 > Specifications: > Supported CPU: LGA775 Pentium 4(HT) > Chipset: i915P + ICH6R > FSB: 800/533MHz > RAM: 4x DIMM Dual Channel DDR2 400/533 Max 4GB > Slots: 1x PCI-Ex16, 3x PCI-Ex1, 3x PCI > Ports: 2x PS/2,1x LPT,8x USB2.0(Rear 4),1x 1394,1x RJ45,1x IEEE1394a,1x > WLAN,SPDIF Out,Audio Ports > IDE: 1x ATA 100 up to 2 Devices, 2x ATA 133 up to 4 Devices by ITE 8212F > with RAID 0/1/0+1 > SATA: 4x SATA with RAID 0/1, 4x SATA by Silicon 3114R with RAID > 0/1/0+1/5 > Onboard Audio: C-Media 8-CH > Onboard LAN: Marvell 88E8053 GbE, 54 Mbps 802.11g > Onboard 1394: 2x 1394 > Form Factor: ATX > > -- > Scot L. Harris > webid@xxxxxxxxxx > > You definitely intend to start living sometime soon. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > You might want to look at a recent thread on the linux-kernel list discussing a SATA config. Hardware specifics were mentioned. Richard
