From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 16 21:20:07 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0F5E1065695 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:20:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: from mail-gw0-f54.google.com (mail-gw0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 665688FC32 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:20:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwb15 with SMTP id 15so681451gwb.13 for ; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:20:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.101.173.21 with SMTP id a21mr4415316anp.63.1284672006570; Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:20:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from papi.localnet ([189.70.149.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id w6sm4826060anb.23.2010.09.16.14.20.04 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:20:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Mario Lobo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:18:56 -0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.1-STABLE; KDE/4.4.5; amd64; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201009161818.56077.lobo@bsd.com.br> Cc: Modulok Subject: Re: (no subject) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:20:07 -0000 On Thursday 16 September 2010 04:18:07 Modulok wrote: > List, > > I have an old box I want to turn into a file server backup machine. > Unfortunately, the mainboard has only PATA headers. I do have three > PCI slots though, so I was looking at a PCI SATA controller card that > will get along with FreeBSD without a fuss. Nothing fancy, just > something inexpensive that I can plug a few SATA drives into. Then > I'll create a graid3 with them, or mess around with ZFS. Anyone using > something worth a recommendation? > > Thanks! > -Modulok- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" There are IDE to SATA converters. You plug it directly into the IDE connector and on the other end you have a SATA150 plug. I've been using one here on my home server for about 1,5 years without any problem. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99% winfoes FREE)