[ubuntu-uk] IDE -> SATA

[Mac]

norman wrote:
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> Just to follow up on what you have written I have 4 connections for SATA
> drives but, I have not got an actual diagram of the motherboard. I would
> like to know whether the connections are labelled 1 to 4 or is it just a
> case of first come first served?


Norman >>> IIRC it's not first come first served:  they are an ordered 
sequence, and the first one will be the master.  At least, that's my 
recollection from last time I installed a couple of SATAs in a Dell box.

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