Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:51:52 +0330 From: "Bahman M." <b.movaqar@gmail.com> To: orvilleg@hotmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA to PCI cards Message-ID: <6d62f69a0708222121j734ef186yc94bbb826030bbcb@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY125-F30A7FD56FB93C8D26FACF6CCD50@phx.gbl> References: <6d62f69a0708210309g3e064718i3df082974dce5bbc@mail.gmail.com> <BAY125-F30A7FD56FB93C8D26FACF6CCD50@phx.gbl>
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> Yes, I've had good luck with the Promise brand PCI-SATA cards on 6.x. We are > using this method to evolve older machines to SATA. Thanks for the hint. Would you tell me why did you choose Promise brand as it's expensive compared to the other brands? Bahman > >Hi all, > > > >I'm running FreeBSD 6.2. > >$ uname -a > >FreeBSD attila 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 10:40:27 > >UTC 2007 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > > i386 > > > >My motherboard which is an ASUS A7V8X-X doesn't support SATA. I > >searched the internet and found out that there are SATA to PCI cards > >for my situation. Is anyone using such cards? Will they cause any > >problem with FreeBSD 6.2? > > > >By the way, I'd appreciate any suggestions for a good SATA to PCI card to > >buy. > > > >Thanks in advance, > >Bahman > > Yes, I've had good luck with the Promise brand PCI-SATA cards on 6.x. We are > using this method to evolve older machines to SATA. > > HTH.... > > Jack > > _________________________________________________________________ > Puzzles, trivia teasers, word scrambles and more. Play for your chance to > win! http://club.live.com/home.aspx?icid=CLUB_hotmailtextlink > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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