[CentOS] SATA adapter recommendation
Bill Maltby (C4B)
centos4bill at gmail.com
Tue Jul 28 16:26:00 UTC 2015
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-Converter~PATA2SATA3
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
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