Re: [CentOS] SATA adapter recommendation

On Mon, 2015-07-27 at 11:06 -0400, Bowie Bailey wrote:

I have an old computer running CentOS 5. I need to add an SATA drive to it, but it doesn't have any ports, so I need an add-on card. The board only has a 32-bit PCI slot. Any recommendations on cards/brands that work well with CentOS? I don't need any raid capabilities, I just need a couple of SATA connections.

Thanks,

Have you considered this http://www.startech.com/HDD/Adapters/Bi-Directional-SATA-IDE-Adapter-Convert...

I'm using the PATA2SATA3 and am well pleased.

They also have a uni-directional (meaning it adapts in one direction - data flows both ways of course) one if that meets you needs.

HTH, Bill