Akemi Yagi spake the following on 4/23/2007 3:42 PM: > On 4/23/07, Alex @ Avantel Systems > <alex at avantel.ca> wrote: >> I've been burned by Sata not working on an Asus motherboard (nVidia / >> nForce) >> and need to select something that will work for a fairly light duty >> web/mail/sql server. How do I go about finding out if a specific >> motherboard >> will work with sata software raid and Centos 4.4 (or 5.x when it's >> settled >> down). > > Instead of buying a motherboard, you can add a SATA controller card. > I have a Promise SATA300 TX4 PCI card ($55) and set up software RAID1 > on CentOS 4. > > Akemi But there is a thread about some failures with promise sata cards on 5.0, so you might look further, or find a sata card with a different chipset. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!