Hello,

I intend to buy a SATA adapter(PCI)(RAID is not required) and I am wondering if there is way to find out which SATA-adapters Slackware does currently support.


Any feedback is appreciated very much. Thank you!

John


PS
If somebody would like to make a product recommendation: this SATA-adapter should be supported from Debain and Windows as well :-)

You could just pick-one that looks like what you want, then google the model number with a reference to linux or slackware and do some research to see if others have had success.

You could also grab the kernel source for whichever kernel you intend to use, and check through the config options to find a supported one.

Thank's a lot for the interesting suggestions!


-> You could also grab the kernel source for whichever kernel you
-> intend to use, and check through the config options to find a
-> supported one.


Hmm, sounds very good, but I am still a beginner... Could someone
give me a help how to "grab the kernel source" and how to "check
through the config options" ?



Any feedback is appreciated! Thank you!

John




PS:
-> You could just pick-one that looks like what you want, then
-> google the model number with a reference to linux or slackware
-> and do some research to see if others have had success

Google does infact find some issues wtih that adapater,
but rather old ones, therefore I try to learn more about
the kernel :-)

Go to http://linux-ata.org/.

I suggest stay away from Marvell, Silicon Image, and JMicron.

A SATA controller that works well in both Windows and Linux with minimal problems is Highpoint RocketRAID 1520 or 1540. The module (driver) is hpt366. The card is costly but should be worth it unlike other SATA controllers.

If you are setting up RAID. A hardware RAID controller is recommended when dual booting between different OS. 3ware or Areca are good hardware RAID controller manufactures.

Thank's a lot for the feedback!

John

If you run the "uname" command you'll get a string that includes the kernel version you're running ("uname -a" will mention only the kernel). Then you can go to kernel.org and download that kernel version, or install the kernel source slackware package. Then you can run "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig" and navigate to the sata section and read what it has to say. (Sorry I can't explain more, I have a crying 2 year old to contend with).