On Tuesday 30 December 2008 10:00:04 [email protected] wrote: > just opened my desktop and indeed there are no PATA controllers > there. That's why I mentioned that it is 18 months old. > > I use the term "PATA" for exactly the reason you mentioned - to > distinguish from "SATA". > > Thanks, and apologies for top-posting due to limitations of my current > email client. > > Amos > > On 12/30/08, Martin Visser <[email protected]> wrote: > > Amos, > > > > It is pretty unlikely that you won't have PATA controllers in your > > desktop - they will probably be called IDE. (PATA is a term not used > > often - usually only when people wish to distinguish the drives from > > SATA)
I'm fascinated in the extreem, what sort of motherboard is there in your desktop ? James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
