On May 9,  8:33am, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
} On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 08:32:10PM -0700, Jim Bernard wrote:
} > On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 09:54:14PM -0500, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
} > > >   I've recently added to an old x86 system a PCI SATA controller (VIA VT6421)
} > > 
} > > I have never seen one of these (VIA chip on an add-in card) work.  You
} > > probably want to find some other brand of SATA controller.
} > 
} >   Do you have any suggestions?  RAID is not of interest.
} 
} You might want to try Silicon Image based cards. They are not perfect,
} but available cheaply. E.g. the entry level Adaptec cards were using them.

     Note that currently, only the Silicon Image SATAlink 3112 and 3114
are supported (see 'man satalink').  A driver for newer cards is being
worked on.

}-- End of excerpt from Joerg Sonnenberger