From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lo6jd-0005KV-Bs for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:56:21 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 883A7E013C; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:56:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from qw-out-1920.google.com (qw-out-1920.google.com [74.125.92.145]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FC50E013C for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:56:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 5so1289138qwc.10 for ; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:56:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=iFJI22Td2bbb3SBER8k2ZXB5yQpZQ7EfjkOw5qRzXAw=; b=OSsSPrhiuREXV7p8Cu5TO13O/T6FVoKzA57hDJ5MmeF70sSzvxoOfk/hXBqATX57Im sRXr3MZJqV8yVYP4AjiWLBl71QdzWLATT1Ho4uRsMPVJOW3VDx8BVij0GtCFmccp/RTU rianLah9ImJJgqvVNxeqF/TbuPaKiRXqsB0GU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=ZfJ0VMfrsmRpyDEGocXnFDHnL8wHLMfbIZIA07k4VAIUSt8l3s86NMtAahEQ+CgH4L xPlgv0fyNEr1W+Lyp7x/WC1rA8w/NeSkwZ6uDoPwfFAyiLe1Nbbk0nReDcbE83Pn4Gp0 GDbSSB0E3T9KreZ2rfW72eacriMRS1gFB3Mr4= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.224.2.212 with SMTP id 20mr5396069qak.343.1238378179055; Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:56:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87eiwf50vc.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <878wmr9f3u.fsf@newsguy.com> <49CCEF78.70802@anferny.me.uk> <874oxeakzx.fsf@newsguy.com> <58965d8a0903271226m22f4582dv8de820bc4cf409d6@mail.gmail.com> <87skkxdays.fsf@newsguy.com> <87bprlagaz.fsf@newsguy.com> <58965d8a0903280900s70b77aaeyec33bde51f5efd0f@mail.gmail.com> <877i298hoc.fsf@newsguy.com> <58965d8a0903282146q43bb971fo3d1dfce9e69ecc19@mail.gmail.com> <87eiwf50vc.fsf@newsguy.com> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:56:19 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 6f34a53eba6764bb Message-ID: <58965d8a0903291856x3d76033dv8fe5eaa71abbac64@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Yikes, replacing sata 200gb with Sata 750gb .. no bootsky. From: Paul Hartman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: fe8955f1-ec44-48e8-af8b-334c454d9475 X-Archives-Hash: 72e372dd7ad40fd3deef3c6ce1b0988e On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Harry Putnam wrote: > Paul, you will be relieved to know that I braved up and installed the > 1205sa card on a windows machine... updated driver which may have been > a waste of time and flashed both Base BIOS and SATA_raid BIOS. > > Apparently this card has a BIOS that is in 2 parts or maybe each on it > own chip. Their are 2 on the card. > > I didn't hold out much hope but it worked just fine with that done. > > No need for jumpers ... it just works. > > Some might think its a waste to go with the 1.5GB of `sata I' but the > card is PCI anyway. I'm not sure how much of a bottleneck that is but > I suspect that would get in the way before 1.5gb does. > > This server is on a home lan so not going to get an industrial > workout anyway. > > I'm a happy camper even though I jumped the gun and ordered a Sil3114 > off ebay, I'm pretty sure I'll use it sooner or later. > > You have been very patient and helpful ... I really do appreciate > that. Thanks. Great news! As far as 1.5 vs 3.0, the drive cannot physically get anywhere near that fast so it probably won't make any difference. I had a 320GB drive that came with the 1.5 mode jumpered from the factory, and didn't even realize it for about six months. Once I noticed and changed it, there was absolutely no speed difference. I just got the satisfaction of seeing "3.0" in dmesg instead of "1.5". :)