Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:44:02 +0000 From: Ricardo Jesus <ricardo.meb.jesus@gmail.com> To: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SATA PCI adapter recommendation Message-ID: <49929DE2.6070200@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200902110833.n1B8XbLo096837@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200902110833.n1B8XbLo096837@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Oliver Fromme wrote: > Hi, > > I plan to put a SATA drive in an old PATA-only PC, so I'm > looking for an appropriate adapter card. A cheap card > should suffice, I do not need RAID, and it does not have > to be SATA-300. (This machine has only standard PCI slots > anyway, so it wouldn't be able to saturate SATA-300.) > > I'm currently looking at these, all of which are about > 20 Euro around here: > > 1. Based on Silicon Image Sil-3x12 chip: > http://www.digital-data.de/download/datasheets/111816_Datasheet.pdf > > 2. Based on Initio INIC1620 chip: > http://www.digital-data.de/download/datasheets/111817_Datasheet.pdf > > 3. Some VIA chip (probably VT6421A, but not 100% clear): > http://www.delock.de/view/pdf/70156/A/1943/ > > I've read a few scary things about SIL chips on the lists, > so I guess I'd better try to avoid that one. > But how about the Initio and VIA ones? Do they work well > with FreeBSD? Any good or bad experiences? > > Finally, a small question: I assume that all of those > SATA controllers do have their own BIOS, so I can boot > from them, right? It would be annoying to have to keep > an old PATA disk in that box just to be able to boot. > > Thanks! > > Best regards > Oliver > I have a SATA card with the Initio1662 chip and it isn't supported, which is a shame :(
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