Re: good sata card for pci-x powermac?
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 03:26:04PM -0500, Brian Szymanski wrote:
> This makes me wonder... Since I'm using mdadm, I should be able to
> use any voltage-compatible card, provided that I first plug the card
> in on a PC and configure it for straight-thru non-RAID access to all
> drives, right? I'd never need to change that, so In theory I should
> be able to use it indefinitely thereafter on my ppc box. I have an
> old 6-port PCI-X megaraid card which could fit the bill... Has
> anyone used a setup like this? Any drawbacks, gotchas, or other
> experiences with such a setup?
Some cards may need to boos a BIOS on a PC to work, others can be
initialized by drivers from linux after booting. Depends how the card
was designed to work.
--
Len Sorensen
Reply to: