Re: Does Linux support powering down SATA drives?

Robert Hancock
2005-11-21T03:39:21Z

asmith@vtrl.co.uk wrote:
> I would agree with your view on IDE becoming obsolete on hard drives,
> but I as yet, am not aware of any CD/DVD drives with a SATA interface.

They are still uncommon, but do exist. I suspect part of the reason is
that the advantages of SATA aren't as compelling for optical drives, and
not everybody has a machine that supports SATA.

As pointed out, the XBox 360 uses an SATA DVD-ROM drive..

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