[nmglug] SATA or not?

[BrianO'Keefe]

That was the next step but thanks for verifying it Eric!

gracias all,

Brian

On 01/12/2011 12:35 PM, Eric Krieger wrote:
> The best way to be absolutely sure is to power down the system and
> open it up...
>
> If the hard drive has a connector cable that looks like...
>
> http://gopaultech.com/files/2009/03/ide-ribbon-cable.jpg
>
> It's IDE.
>
> But if the cable looks like...
>
> http://www.cooldrives.com/lib/cooldrives/ultraflex-sata-cable-1.jpg
>
> It's SATA.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Eric
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 12:25 PM, BrianO'Keefe<okeefe at cybermesa.com>  wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> My brother wants to replace his failing hd. We've queried for the type of
>> drive so that he can order a compatible replacement and this is the last
>> result:
>>
>> /usr/bin/lspci | grep SATA
>>
>> 00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID
>> Controller (rev 80)
>>
>> Also this:
>>
>> sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda
>>
>> /dev/sda:
>>
>> ATA device, with non-removable media
>>
>>
>>
>> So is this a SATA drive for sure? The IDE interface confuses me.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brian
>>
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