"Scot L. Harris" <webid at cfl.rr.com> wrote: > As to SATA I don't have as much experience but the thing to > look for is the specific chip set used. The only issue you might have will be device assignment. If the distribution/kernel uses an ATA driver, it will be hd. If the distribution/kernel uses a SCSI block driver, it will be sd. ATA is a single driver build (even if different files). SCSI is a subsystem (typically a module) with support modules for the host controller (3w-xxxx, aic7xxx, nv_sata, etc...) and host devices (sd, sr, etc... modules). In a nutshell ... Many distro/kernels are using the SCSI subsystem for SATA until the changes are merged into the kernel main ATA's code. tree This could have an effect when upgrading and/or changing chispets if a driver is merged into the standard ATA code tree. [ SIDE NOTE: This isn't just a Linux approach, as other vendors often use the modular SCSI subsystem to support various ATA devices that are not in the OS' ATA codebase. ] -- Bryan J. Smith | Sent from Yahoo Mail mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org | (please excuse any http://thebs413.blogspot.com/ | missing headers)