On Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:50:58 +1100, Jason White <[email protected]> wrote:
> Terry Duell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I may have been a bit premature...the installed drive is an IDE. > > I am very surprised that a new laptop would have an IDE drive these days. It's not new. In my original post I did say "...I have inherited an Acer laptop on which I intend to install Linux" > My laptop is over three years old and it has a SATA drive according to > the hardware manual. I had looked through the manual but it didn't specify the drive type, and I assumed it was SATA, so it was a bit of a surprise when I opened the case to see an IDE. Not to worry, I'll just have to live with 'normal' performance :-) Cheers, -- Regards, Terry Duell _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main
