| Rev | Author | # | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | LawrenceDoliveiro | 1 | An [Acronym] for __S__erial [ATA]. Compare [PATA]. |
| 3 | ElroyLiddington | 2 | |
| 13 | AristotlePagaltzis | 3 | A cheaper alternative to [SCSI] for connecting BlockDevice~s. The performance of [SATA]-1 compliant hard drives is equivalent with 10,000 [RPM] [SCSI] drives (Ultra160/Ultra320) (provided of course that the [SATA] drive is 10,000 [RPM] and has similar cache). |
| 8 | IanMcDonald | 4 | |
| 13 | AristotlePagaltzis | 5 | [SATA] drives are like [SCSI] drives in that they do not just work for boot devices if you are building your own LinuxKernel or with some LinuxDistribution~s. |
| 8 | IanMcDonald | 6 | |
| 13 | AristotlePagaltzis | 7 | The reason for this is that they need a driver and the driver is on the disk – catch 22. |
| 8 | IanMcDonald | 8 | |
| 9 | The solution is one of two ways: | ||
| 10 | * For the relevant drivers build into the LinuxKernel rather than as a [Module] | ||
| 9 | IanMcDonald | 11 | * Use [initrd(4)] - see InitialRamDisk for more information |
| 3 | ElroyLiddington | 12 | |
| 13 | ---- | ||
| 4 | AristotlePagaltzis | 14 | CategoryHardware |
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