On Tue, May 22, 2007 4:00 pm, Carl Lowenstein wrote: > On 5/22/07, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> SATA (Serial ATA) uses a different data transmission scheme (serial on > 2 wires rather than parallel on 40 wires). Probably faster in data > transmission, although the over-all data rate is limited by the disk > drive or the motherboard, whichever is faster. It requires a > different controller on the motherboard, with the concomitant > difference in cables and connectors. One can buy SATA controllers > that plug into the motherboard PCI backplane. > > So if you are upgrading an old system you probably don't want SATA. > Unless you are upgrading it by getting a new disk drive to put into an > external box. Then you can get a box that connects to the rest of the > world by USB or Firewire or Ethernet, and has the right kind of > internals to fit your disk drive. And are you implying that PATA is the *ATA that is usually more expensive? -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
