Subject: Re: new SATA controller/drive _very_ slow (PIO mode 0)
To: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
From: Jim Bernard <jbernard@mines.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 12/16/2007 20:32:10
On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 09:54:14PM -0500, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> >   I've recently added to an old x86 system a PCI SATA controller (VIA VT6421)
> 
> I have never seen one of these (VIA chip on an add-in card) work.  You
> probably want to find some other brand of SATA controller.

  Do you have any suggestions?  RAID is not of interest.