Re: [Staffslug] Installing onto a SATA drive?
On 05/06/12 21:09, Kevanf1 wrote:
Another thought on this. While browsing the various SATA daughter
cards I have found some cards that simply plug into a standard IDE or
PATA slot but then enable a SATA drive to be plugged into the card.
Apparently this enables the motherboard (BIOS) to see the drive as if
it is a normal (read old fashioned) PATA drive. So, the question is,
are they any good? They are similar to the cards that plug into an
IDE socket and enable a Compact Flash card to be slotted in and used
as a bootable device.
Did I mention the fact that they are temptingly cheap....
It's a PATA to SATA converter. In theory the ATA command set is
identical; it's just converting between Parallel and Serial buses. The
CF card to IDE conversion is actually far simpler.
I would imagine that my high-level understanding could well be slightly
(if not somewhat) inaccurate, but in theory if it works acceptably for
you, why not use it?
Personally, I think you're better-off with a PCI-E SATA card, as you're
getting guaranteed bandwidth (from both SATA & PCI-E) but I've no idea
what you can find for what cost. :)
Tom