"Bryan J. Smith" <thebs413 at earthlink.net> wrote: > 3) Software RAID with ATA, SCSI (non-backplane) or JBOD > modes > You're on your own here. If there is not a full SCSI-2 > driver for your controller, with associated hardware to > handle loss or transient, then you're likely going to get a > panic. The "new option" in kernel 2.6 is allegedly > hotswap, but I have never configured a storage device for it > -- other than USB, FireWire, CompactFlash, etc... One final note ... "libata" is an effort to give a rich set of features to both ATA and SATA. Especially for SATA, where it does have staggered pins and can be considered the "SCA for ATA." But that means the ATA controller, its driver and the end-device must all support the function in libata to work. -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, Technical Annoyance b.j.smith at ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------- *** Speed doesn't kill, difference in speed does ***