Re: [Freedos-user] PCI USB adapters - PCI SATA adapters - IDE SATA adapters

[Mikkel C. S. <mc...@po...>]

lw3eov wrote:
> Dear FreeDOS users,
> 
> Please help me with the following:
> 
> If I buy one of those cheap PCI to USB adapters on ebay, will it work in a
> Pentium@120Mhz using freedos or another D.O.S. version? Will I be able to
> boot or at least use it after booting from another device?
> 
> For a SATA hard disk for the same pentium PC: PCI to SATA adapter or IDE to
> SATA adapter, What is best?

IDE to SATA will generally work without problems - as long as the SATA 
disk is within the size supported by the BIOS. I have upgraded many old 
PCs and Macs with SSDs using IDE to SATA adapters. The general size 
limit is 137GB - but could be much lower, if you have an ancient BIOS.

Best regards,

Mikkel