On Monday 13 December 2004 09:04 pm, Joe and Colleen Huber wrote:
> I feel like an idiot asking this... throw caution to the wind... what's the
> difference between SATA and UATA 133?
>
> Long story short - I bought a HP (arrived a few hours ago), I want to put
> some flavor of Linux on it, was concerned about voiding the warranty if I
> do that... so I went with a 40G drive (smallest available) and figured I
> would pull it out, stick it on the shelf and replace it with something else
> (COSTCO is selling Maxtor 200G Ultra ATA 133s for 135.00). If I have any
> hardware issues and need to avail myself of the warranty I'll just swap the
> original drive back in. The HP shipped with a SATA.
>
> SATA and UATA "interchangable?"
> Was a little overwhelmed looking at the install info on their site this
> morning but I'm thinking Debian (I suppose with the orignal drive on the
> shelf I can't mess to much up while learning...)
SATA == Serial ATA
UATA == Ultra ATA
UATA is a fast version of standard ATA or, as many still know it, IDE. Serial
ATA is the new improved ATA standard. They are NOT compatible. Different
connectors for data and power.
However, I believe there are adapter boards for both power and data. Try
Fry's Electronics as I know they have them. Other placed may have them too.
There is still the matter of the host controller on the computer. It will be
SATA. Newer version of the kernel support it but I don't remember which
version has it cut in. Check this page to start:
http://www.linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html (First hit on a google
"linux sata" search).
Alan
Alan
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