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From: "Bahman M." <b.movaqar@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: SATA to PCI cards
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> > > Yes, I've had good luck with the Promise brand PCI-SATA cards on 6.x. We
> >are
> > > using this method to evolve older machines to SATA.
> >Thanks for the hint. Would you tell me why did you choose Promise
> >brand as it's expensive compared to the other brands?
> >
> >Bahman
> >
>
> I chose Promise because all of their products I've ever bought have worked
> for me in disk management. It was a roll of the dice as to it would work or
> not. Plus, it was the only card the vendor had that I have used for years.
>
> Thus, no guarantee for all, but they have worked on sever different
> motherboards so far and all are running fbsd-6.x (mostly 6.2).
I understand. Thanks for your patience.