very well written

Try HerbstluftWM. It’s quite simple but very flexible to configure.

that’s a bit much for me for just testing one chip.

Floppy drives don’t use IDE, they use their own type of connector ( called a floppy connector), I’ve never seen a Sata to floppy adaptor, but you can connect a usb to floppy adapter to an internal usb header

so basically try to avoid driving at any speed between 130 and 200 km/h