[linux] Linux kernels and SATA controller cards?

[David Fetrow]

 3ware RAID SATA cards. No issue on the cards; drivers in the
 standard kernel source (although it may not be compiled in
 for any particular kernel) since at least 2.4 something.

 Linux can only boot on certain RAID levels.

 Note that some desktop SATA disks may slow down to save
 power and heat when not in use for awhile. RAID may interpret
 that as "This disk is flakey". There is usually a patch available
 to change that behavior.

 One guess how I learned this.

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David Fetrow                             Office: 206 616-0869
Applied Physics Lab, Univ. of Washington

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, db wrote:

> Anybody know if the current Linux kernels (FC2) are solid with SATA
> controller cards or if there are "issues" ?
>
> Are there any particular cards that are more acceptable?
>