Re: generic HW question about SATA

[Dave Stevens]

On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 11:23 -0500, [e-mail] wrote:
> GREAT
>
> Thanks! I really need whats on this drive

I use sata and ata on my asus socket 939 board without issues.

dave
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Mark Knoop  
> Date: Friday, January 26, 2007 9:00 am 
> Subject: Re: generic HW question about SATA 
> To: For users of Fedora
> > On 26/01/07, [e-mail]  wrote:
> > > Hey,
> > >
> > > I'm upgrading my main linux box this weekend. I have about a TB
> >
> > worth of
> > > HD's to use, all ATA.
> > >
> > > I know that the new standard is SATA, and i actually have ONE
> >
> > SATA drive
> > > that I could use if I wanted to (its in a USB box right now).
> > >
> > > But never having used SATA, can ATA and SATA be used in the same
>
> PC?
> > > For examplecan I have all 4 ATA channels full (3 HD's and a
> >
> > DVDRW) and then
> > > activate the SATA channels in BIOS and throw this single drive
> >
> > on the back
> > > end as well?
> >
> > It entirely depends on your motherboard - linux will handle
>
> whatever
> > it sees. I have 2 SATA hard drives, a SATA DVDRW and an IDE HD
>
> running
> > with no problems.
> >
> > Look up your motherboard specs to check on its capabilities -
>
> although
> > one would think that if you can plug it in, then the board should
>
> be
> > able to address it.
> >
> > -- 
> > Mark Knoop
> >
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