PCI to SATA / IDE Card / eSATA

[Thufir Hawat]

What exactly does this card do:

    SATA host controller chip with 32-bit interfacing
    Compliant with SATA 1.0 specification
    Supports two independent SATA ports with data transfer rate up to 
1.5Gb/s
    Built-in 256 byer FIFO per port for fast read/write operations
    Supports microsoft generic IDE operation and intel bus master DMA 
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815283030


I was looking at USB enclosures for hard drives and came across this 
adapter, which looks interesting.  However, do you need drivers for these 
sorts of cards?

I see that the comments for this, and some other products, that they 
might only work with Windows.


thanks,

Thufir