On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 20:56 -0500, Hongyu Sun wrote: > Dear All: ... > It is surprising that an external hard drive is recommended. But what > is more confusing is this website, > > http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html > > Seems serial ATA is not supported by Linux. So probably I have to buy a USB > external hard drive. I wonder if Fedora support serial ATA or external > USB or neither? Don't see how you conclude that from the above link. It is a bit dated, but has quite a lot of info about getting SATA to work with various HW and distros. I can assure you that SATA is supported. I have run SATA on FC3 and EL4 (actually CentOS4) on i386 and x86_64, both internal and external, including RAID. You can get slot adapters with cables that bring an internal SATA connector outside so you can use an external SATA drive, and/or SATA controllers with internal and/or external connectors. Found it more cost-effective to buy the drive and enclosure/supply separately than the packaged solutions. Get a good case with a fan if going this route. Phil
