From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 16 18:19: 2 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FF8837B401 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2003 18:19:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from blueyonder.co.uk (pcow034o.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.53.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E779A43F3F for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2003 18:18:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jfm@blueyonder.co.uk) Received: from lexx ([62.31.198.203]) by blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.757.75); Mon, 17 Mar 2003 02:18:58 +0000 From: John Murphy To: "Mark Jacobs" Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Serial ATA support in FreeBSD Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 02:18:58 +0000 Organization: poor Reply-To: jfm@blueyonder.co.uk Message-ID: References: <3E74DB85.30328.E78160@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3E74DB85.30328.E78160@localhost> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.9/32.560 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Mark Jacobs" wrote: >Received no responses the first time, so am trying again. >------------------------------------------------------------------------= - >I am in the process of building a new system and was looking at=20 >using the new Seagate Barracuda Serial ATA drives.=20 >Does FreeBSD 4.x, or 5.x support SATA? As I understand it SATA is invisible to the OS, therefore, in theory, any OS would just see the drive[s] as fast UDMA. I'd like to hear what speeds you achieve if you go ahead with the purchase. =46rom http://www.serialata.org/about/index.shtml Will Serial ATA be compatible with today's PCs? Serial ATA electronics and connectors will differ from Parallel ATA, however the technology is software compatible and OS transparent. It is anticipated that there will be adapters to facilitate forward- and backward-compatibility of hard disks on PC systems. John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message