Re: Does Linux support powering down SATA drives?

From: Tomasz Torcz
Date: Sun Nov 20 2005 - 11:08:40 EST


On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 07:53:49AM -0800, Marc Perkel wrote:
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> asmith@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> >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.
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> 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.

You can rip one from an Xbox 360 :)

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Tomasz Torcz Morality must always be based on practicality.
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