Re: [chat] Hard Drive Problems

[Matt M <m@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Howdy,

ATA100/133 is totally back compatible with ATA33/66. All that the 100/133 
bit means is that this is the maximum *theoretical* (Hopeful, even, to 
anyone familiar with the disk drive industry :)) transfer rate of the 
drive. And it's only going to hit these speeds in burst mode if the 
controller tells it it's ok. Which an ATA 33 controller isn't. I've plugged 
many a 66 or 100 drive into a 33 controller with no troubles whatsoever. In 
fact, I've got a pair of 100 drives working flawlessly (stress tested and 
all) in a RAID 1 array on an ATA66 controller right this second.

HTH,

Matt

P.S. If you're still really worried about it, you can just pick up a $40 
ATA133 controller card with your new drive. Many of these cards have 
reasonable Linux drivers.

At 09:11 27/06/2003, jjmac wrote:
> Hi
>
> Iv'e been having problems finding a retail outlet in Sydney that
> sells ATA33/66 hard drives. Iv'e tryed ringing and personally
> visiting various shops, but know one seems to stock anything
> that
> isn't ATA133. My board was made by a company called QDI and uses
> an 'INTEL TRITON IV 430TX' chipset, it's a 200Mhz intel box.
> QDI and Intell offer no joy here. Markets worry me, in that
> disks can get knocked about a bit, but it maybe my only choice.
> I was hoping that some of the 'SLUG' members may have/know of
> some one wishing to sell an out of date disk. Maxtor do sell a
> ATA66 disk, that i could flash down to 33 but know one keeps
> them :) Any assistence here would be most apprieciated,
> (running out of space fast)  :)
>
> John Mac
>
> <jjmac@xxxxxxxxx>
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