This is not correct.  I have two SATA drives as well as several IDE drives
and devices running on my computer.  It may be correct that SATA and IDE
might not run concurrently on a Promise controller, but this is separate
from the primary IDE controller.  Also, as you note, card or
motherboard-specific drivers for the SATA may have to be loaded depending on
the hardware configuration.

Dean Kukral


----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] SATA Hard Drive


> When installing a SATA hard drive the IDE drives must be disabled in the
> BIOS for the computer to boot from the SATA drive and I believe the
> drivers must be installed for this kind of disk. This is something I
> read about awhile ago but cannot remember the full text. Maybe someone
> else can give a fuller explanation.
>

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