Hate SATA hard drives

[J Bickhard]

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Rashkae<ubuntu at tigershaunt.com> wrote:
>>> You guys are definitely not following the C of C. At least Karl tries to help when someone is not putting him down.  I find even his more snooty replies more enjoyable
>>> that both your comments.  Perhaps you should read the rules again if you ever have.
>>> Leonard Chatagnier
>>> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
>
> Karl trying to help is, more often than not, part of the problem.  If he
> was just yet another rude member of the list, he could be ignored when
> you're tired of the flaming and the list continues as it always does.
> Karl is a special case however, since list members have to keep a close
> eye on his activities for those times he tries to help by leading people
> down very dangerous paths on topics that are far over his head.
I agree and I'll drink to that.

I've never used SATA hard drives, but I've heard they aren't that
problematic if you buy good parts that are sturdy and well-built and
know what you're doing. I've found that IDE can be nearly impossible
to figure out if you don't have either a good understanding of the
master/slave relationship and how the cables work, or a cable that
simply can't be inserted wrong. I've also had TONS of issues with
floppy drive cables.

>From what I understand, Karl has a special SATA cable that connects
the hard drive to a nonstandard connector on the motherboard, and this
nonstandard connector is not very well made, and causes the whole
setup to be faulty, correct?