[olug] SATA? Do I want this?

[Adam Lassek]

I'm sure plenty of us have installed linux with a SATA controller. I
have, and I'll be there.

On 12/9/05, Jay Woods <woodsjay at cox.net> wrote:
> Will there be someone knowledgeable about SATA and Sempron 3200 at the Linux
> Installfest? My system won't boot up using Kubunto as it can't find the
> drive.
>
> On Friday 09 December 2005 03:42 pm, Neal Rauhauser wrote:
> >  What's this SATA stuff? My trusty Athlon 850 finally cooked off this
> > week after years of abuse and a Sempron 2600+ was the cheapest thing
> > Futureware had. I hate change and I'm getting a big dose of it today -
> > new mainboard, it requires this newfangled DDR memory, and perhaps worst
> > of all I have time to write this because I'm downloading FreeBSD 6.0 for
> > the AMD64 architecture.
> >
> >  I hate change. If I have to change, I want to get it all done at once.
> > I found this thing called a "SATA cable" in the box with the mainboard.
> > Is there a compelling reason to go to a SATA drive on this machine? I
> > mean *compelling* - I put a Pentium 133 in for temporary duty and I
> > seriously debated doing package building in a vmware machine and just
> > leaving that box in that role. If it were a 233 that might very well
> > happen. So a compelling reason would be cheaper, more portable, etc.
> >
> >   Grrr. I'll be here, dealing with change, if anyone has words of wisdom
> > on this topic.
> >
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