From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 11 10:15:11 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9EE71065674 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:15:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ricardo.meb.jesus@gmail.com) Received: from gate.criticalsoftware.com (gate.criticalsoftware.com [212.13.37.242]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6B3C8FC1C for ; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:15:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ricardo.meb.jesus@gmail.com) Received: from [192.168.1.21] (unknown [192.168.1.21]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by gate.criticalsoftware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ED4FE8703; Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:43:59 +0000 (WET) Message-ID: <49929DE2.6070200@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:44:02 +0000 From: Ricardo Jesus User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Oliver Fromme References: <200902110833.n1B8XbLo096837@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <200902110833.n1B8XbLo096837@lurza.secnetix.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SATA PCI adapter recommendation X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ricardo.m.jesus@criticalsoftware.com List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:15:12 -0000 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 :(