Pentium 2's and SATA

[broady81]

I currently have an ancient Pentium 2 Server System, but would like a little more diske capacity rather than using SCSI. I have found a SATA PCI card, and would like to know if I would be able use the SATA drives to full potential with my current Setup ? ( by the way, Nice Forum ! )

 

[zephead]

ideally, you could, but given the computer's age i doubt it would be worth the money. the big issue is that older operating systems (95/98/Me/NT) do nto support sata and you'll have to use windows xp/2k or an appropriate linux distro. and then that's be pretty slow, given the aged cpu and subsystems. then you've got ram to worry about...

 

[broady81]

I'm running CentOS and have 1 GB of PC100 ECC RAM. I;m thinking about upgrading to the highest Pentium the Motherboard will take, a Pentium 3 600Mhz. Does this help ?

 

[zephead]

whoa, what kind of motherboard is this? what chipset? spending money on a machine that old is an unwise move, as fast amd sempron boxes can be put together all-new for around $250 (USD) a box.