> I know there has been considerable discussion of SATA on this list... > > since I don't have a SATA drive (nor any knowledge of SATA and Linux) > > and traffic on this list is WAY too heavy to read every posting, I've > > been skipping over them... guess it'll be interesting to go back and > > read them... > > > I think it would help me if you defined what SATA stands for. SATA (or S-ATA) is Serial-ATA. It is the system used for attaching most disks today and uses a thin cable which carries a serial link. The older drives have a thick 40 or 80 wire cable (called PATA or Parallel ATA, and in older times just ATA or IDE) Alan
