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i bought an sata hard drive but i later found out that i currently have an ide so is there anyway i can hook up this hd?...
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- 10-13-2006 #1Linux Enthusiast
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i bought an sata hard drive but i later found out that i currently have an ide so is there anyway i can hook up this hd?
- 10-13-2006 #2Linux Guru
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Does your motherboard have a SATA controller ?
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i dont think so
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Well... then either you buy yourself a PCI sata controller, or you exchange this drive for a plain old IDE (pata).
Originally Posted by crashandburn0420
Just to make sure, which motherboard model is it ?"To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the 'old', you derive security; from the 'new', you gain the flow."
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Manufacturer: MSI
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Motherboard Name: MS-6577
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HP motherboard name: Giovani2-GL6
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This motherboard doesn't appear to have a SATA controller : Originally Posted by crashandburn0420
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/g...cname=bph07843
It has a 845G chipset from Intel. Unfortunately only 865G and up have SATA."To express yourself in freedom, you must die to everything of yesterday. From the 'old', you derive security; from the 'new', you gain the flow."
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There are so-called adapters available, but I wouldn't put much stock in them. I also run an 845 chipset. I bought a SATA controller card for 19 euro. It has 6 channels, though only 4 can be used at a time. It supposedly offers RAID support but this is only Soft RAID and is not supported under linux since the 2.4 kernel. (I would agree that this is a good thing though, it supplies its own BIOS but leaves the RAID to the OS.)
Anyway the one I got was very cheap but very reliable. I boot from it all the time. In fact I run 2x320GB drives from it.. It's a Sunwayt and uses the SIL driver which is included in the main kernel I believe. I can't link you right now, komplett seems to be down.
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