generic HW question about SATA

[Mark Knoop]

On 26/01/07, mindwave at cfl.rr.com <mindwave at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
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> Hey,
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> I'm upgrading my main linux box this weekend. I have about a TB worth of
> HD's to use, all ATA.
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> 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).
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> But never having used SATA, can ATA and SATA be used in the same PC?
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> 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.

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Mark Knoop