On Mon, 2005-01-31 at 07:08, Markku Kolkka wrote: > 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. > That is what I was worried about. > > 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. Thanks for the info. You have saved me some time and money. Will look for a IDE type DVD burner for this project. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx Observe yon plumed biped fine. To activate its captivation, Deposit on its termination, A quantity of particles saline.
