On Sat, 2007-03-03 at 14:22 -0500, Michael Klinosky wrote: > No ATA involved here - only pure IDE. Same thing... ATA or PATA (parallel ATA) are what you're using on your IDE interface for most hard drives over the last decade or so. ATAPI is how things like most CD-ROMs or DVD-ROMs, some Zip drives and LS-120 drives use over the IDE interface. SATA (serial ATA) is that new standard that only has a few pins, instead of the 40- or 80-wire ribbon lead. -- (This box runs FC6, my others run FC4 & FC5, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.