[ubuntu-za] SATA (was Re: Switching to Linux (was Ubuntu Tea shirts))

[Morgan Collett]

Hilton Gibson wrote:
> There is a problem with modern SATA drives being reliably detected. The web 
> site that deals with this is: http://linux-ata.org. You will notice from the 
> web site that SATA is an ongoing issue. This is normal in the open source 
> world where "drivers" for hardware are first written for Microsoft and then 
> normally reverse engineered for Linux.

While there have been problems with SATA at times, it is not true to say
"there is a problem with modern SATA drives" in general. The last time I
heard a complaint about SATA was 18 months ago.

In fact, as of 7.04, Ubuntu uses the same driver subsystem for SATA and
PATA (IDE).

My laptop and desktop both use SATA - the desktop SATA II. No problems
whatsoever.

The Dell models now available with Ubuntu preloaded have SATA drives:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

> Your installs should work great on IDE drives. Check out this link for 
> programs to resize windows partitions safely;
> http://www.ubuntu.sun.ac.za/wiki/index.php/ResizeWindowsPartition

These are not necessary. The Ubuntu installer resizes NTFS safely.

Regards
Morgan
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