On Sun, 2008-02-03 at 14:27 +1030, Tim wrote: > On Sat, 2008-02-02 at 13:39 -0500, William Case wrote: > > Can someone briefly explain > > On this list? ;-) > > > to me the difference between an IDE (ATA) and a SCSI device. > > They're different systems. At the simplest description, they use > different connectors, and you can't use a IDE device on a SCSI bus, nor > vice versa. This is square peg and round hole territory. > > Getting more technical, it's also about the methodology of talking to > the device. So it's not just a case of having the same signals in > different connectors. Right, but isn't the new kernel schema to consider all drives SCSI until the data hits a module that patch-cords everything not true SCSI to ATA, SATA, or whatever that really exists, yet still calls them SCSI to keep it simple for the kernel? Isn't that a speed-up of sorts? Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================
