[geeks] ATA vs. SCSI

[Phil Stracchino]

Mark wrote:
> On 5 Jun 2007, at 06:10, Dr Robert Pasken wrote:
>> Strange , I've never had any luck with IDE/ATPAI/PATA/SATA drives.
> 
> The first 3 I can understand but SATA? Where exactly can you  
> experience problems with that? You just plug the darn thing in and it  
> works, tho occasionally you have to enable it in the BIOS.
> 
>> Trying to add more than one requires sacrificing three vestal  
>> virgins, two
>> graduate students and a partridge in a pear tree.
> 
> You quickly learn to stick to like devices on a ribbon with PATA/ 
> ATAPI. e.g. pairing a hard drive with a CD drive is asking for bad mojo.

Putting any two devices on a PATA/ATAPI channel is bad mojo, alike or
otherwise.



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