[OpenIndiana-discuss] 2 small Qs about Sata controllers

[Harry Putnam]

Jeppe Toustrup <openindiana at tenzer.dk> writes:

> 2011/2/19 Harry Putnam <reader at newsguy.com>:
>> I'm a bit confused... does the `x' in each case stand for a
>> controller?
>>
>> So Pata controllers support 2 drives,
>> but SATA controllers only support 1?
>>
>
> No, it's the number of connectors of the kind in question it mentions.
> You may connect to devices to a PATA port, a master and a slave, while
> you may only connect one SATA device to each SATA port.

Ahh yes, I'd neglected to account for the master/slave business.
Thanks.