[mythtv-users] Distro that will install to SATA

[ffrr]

ffrr wrote:

>Jo Shields wrote:
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>>There's no "SATA" support in linux - there's support for assorted SATA 
>>controllers. For example, Silicon Image Sii3112 is well supported, 
>>Nvidia nForce3/4 SATA mostly works,
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>but watch out for major data corruption unless you have updated, and 
>tweaked, BIOS settings on some nForce3 setups at least.  That chipset is 
>a dog to be avoided, it bites.
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to clarify, I didn't mean the nForce3 chipset, I meant the Si3112 SATA 
controller. I read many reports of the problems it caused in the early 
days of it's use, and it's still happening.  I purchased a cheaper ABIT 
motherboard and had many hours of grief with corrupt volumes.