SATA detection

[Tony Alfrey]

Net Llama! wrote:
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> 
> Or get a motherboard which has a SATA controller onboard, and you'd save 
> hours of pain & suffering.
> 

As long as there is a driver for that onboard SATA controller.
For example, I see a nice  Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2 motherboard with a 
Silicon Image sil3512 SATA controller onboard; I don't see a linux 
driver for that exact chip.  So still one must deal with drivers.



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Tony Alfrey
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