On Mon, 2008-05-26 at 11:44 +1000, Martin Visser wrote: > PATA is basically the same as what you might have known as ATA or IDE > - with the wide 40 pin ribbon cable and header connector. (Yes you can > get round IDE cables but that is mainly aesthetics and airflow - the > connector is the same. > > SATA is the new-fangled type of connector with a skinny flat cable > with only a dozen or so pins. (Google will give you pics and specs). > > If your board is 4 years old, it almost certainly will be IDE (or PATA > as you say) >
I have a PATA only board to which I added a SATA controller card and now run two PATA and two SATA drives. Works for me :) I'm not sure if there could be a BIOS issue, but I didn't have one. > On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Alan L Tyree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I need some advice. I'm running Debian Etch on a four year old box. I > > has (had) two disk drives, one of which dropped dead. > > > > Looking for new ones, I see P/ATA and S/ATA. Can I use either one of > > these, or do they require special motherboard support? How do I tell if > > my system supports either one? > > > > Thanks for help, > > Alan > > > > -- > > Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan > > Tel: 04 2748 6206 Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 > > FWD: 615662 > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > > > > -- > Regards, Martin > > Martin Visser -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
