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Date:	Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:53:39 -0700
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Mix 'n Match ? (Don't Do It ??)

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J R FOX wrote:
> A question for the list: Are any of you running (or
> have you previously run) some combination of PATA +
> SATA hard drives,

Sorta.

At the moment my two actual SATA HDDs are in USB cases. Mostly because
I have not yet acquired plugin racks for them.

I have made a couple attempts to use the SATA ports on the MB by using
PATA devices with adapters. I have a storage box with a case with front
panel space for three 3.5 for two floppies and a ZIP, and five 5.25 for
four HDDs and an optical. I could not get an optical to work. PATA
HDDs seemed to work but then had problems. ZIP works well. That
machine is getting another MB. There are now 3 in 2 and 5 in 3 racks,
and they are expensive.

My primary machine has a ZIP with an adapter on a SATA port. The drive
letter is after the HDDs in both W4 and W2K. From what I have seen I
think "natural" drive letters for SATA HDDs will be after PATA and then
ZIP and then optical.

Just play with it. Nothing is going to blow up.

Ray

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