Re: will SCO 5.0.6 Enterprise work on SATA

Alan DePietro <ald-at-senecadata-dot-com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:mi1ro3h1omlup88r3s2i9a0digdsqtpjm6@xxxxxxx:

First, there are ***NO*** motherboards whose embedded chipsets' RAID
option supports OpenServer.

I was thinking using hardware based RAID to keep it transparent from the
OS. Having not tinkered with RAID yet, I may be barking up the wrong
tree.

If you need RAID support, the best way to get there is with a card
such as Adaptec's 2410SA ("aacraid") or LSI's MegaRAID 150-4
("amird"). Both these cards use mature stacks designed around their
SCSI counterparts. I think the LSI card has more fans among this
group's readers, due to its "megamgr" software.

Yes, if all else fails, Adaptec is always to way to go, cost is not a
problem, was trying to avoid it if it was not really needed.

The rest of my notes presume that you don't want to shell out the $$
for a RAID card:

You will do well with 1 or 2 SATA disks on most of the Intel chipsets'
embedded controllers. ViA, nVidia, ATI, and SiS will not take you
there as easily; SiliconImage chips won't even pretend to.

Interesting, thanks for that info.

There is no native SATA support in 5.0.6, so you must poke around in
the CMOS and set your SATA controller to "legacy" or "combined" mode.

Load the "wd506" BTLD when you do your install.

If you use disks larger than 120GB, You Will Lose.
(native "wd" and "wd506" do not support 48-bit LBA.)

All Noted.

Much appreciated, thanks
Marc
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