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From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
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Subject: Re: Problems with PCI SATA Controller
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Peter Hoskin wrote:
> Mark Kirkwood wrote:
> 
>>
>> Unfortunately the sii 3112 is a bit of a horror....numerous people 
>> have experienced issues with it (web search on "sii 3112 data 
>> corruption" makes quite interesting reading).
>>
>> I seem to recall a posting suggesting that some success might be had 
>> with just 1 SATA channel (i.e 1 disk) attached, however I can't find 
>> it offhand.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Mark
> 
> *sigh*
> 
> I guess I'll be taking the card back and getting some PATA -> SATA 
> adaptors.
> 
> I need two drives as I wish to do a mirrored RAID, which with this card 
> seems to be out of the question.
> 
> Regards,
> Peter Hoskin
> 
> 

The Promise 2 channel cards (TX2200, TX2300) seem to work quite well 
(and are reasonably cheap).

regards

Mark