Native SATA vs. PATA-emulation - differnce?

Scott Long scottl at samsco.org
Fri May 18 20:09:44 UTC 2007


Tom Evans wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 11:33 -0400, Bill Vermillion wrote:
> ....
>>> acd0: CDROM <CD-224E-N/1.AA> at ata0-slave UDMA33
>>> ad4: DMA limited to UDMA33, device found non-ATA66 cable
>> ***********************************************************
>>
>> That's why you are only getting UDMA33.  Change the cable if it's
>> not correct.  You might also try changing from  P-ATA emulation if
>> that's possible.
>>
>> ....
>>
>> Bill
> 
> IIRC almost all SATA cables are non-ATA66 cables....

SATA has no concept of ATA33, ATA66, etc.  The message from the driver 
means nothing for this case.  The solution to the original poster's 
question has already been answered, I believe.

Scott



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