Re: Does Linux support powering down SATA drives?

[Marc Perkel]

asmith@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I would agree with your view on IDE becoming obsolete on hard drives, 
> but I as yet, am not aware of any CD/DVD drives with a SATA interface.

That's something that amazes me - why aren't there anu SATA CD/DVD 
drives? Seems to me that CD/DVD could have the same benifits of using a 
thin cable and eventually getting away from the IDE interface. Or - 
since there are usually plenty of USB 2 ports, why not have a CD/DVD 
that internally connect to USB?

Another thing I've wondered about was why not build a 3 1/2 inch CD/DVD 
drive? There are plenty of the small disks available. Seems like a 
logical product to develop.
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