On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Felix Miata wrote:

>>> One he doesn't have but many eventually will is the shift from PATA to
>>> SATA, which causes at least one OS to make the one device type
>>> masquerade as another type (SATA -> SCSI), confusing
configuration and
>>> users in the process.
>
>> I personally haven't found mixing SCSI and PATA and SATA problematic.
>
> That problem so far is generally reserved for Linux users.

Indeed; the latest kernel still doesn't handle SATA CD drives quite right 
(I've got it working, but it requires a small modification).  I figured an 
SATA DVD-RW drive would be the next best thing to a SCSI one, since those 
don't seem to be manufactured for some reason.


 
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