Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Build from "scratch", LOL

It is call HD controller or CD/DVD controller now. BUT it still uses the
same controller.
Some MBs still has FDD controller buillt in. Look in some Bios. Some still
has 'A' drive as an boot
option.

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 1:06 PM, J <dreadpiratejeff@gmail.com> wrote:

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>
>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:57, dvdpst <dvdposton@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Almost all MBs has what you would call an FDD controller. I think it has
> > been rename. The FDD controller
> > also controlls the HD and the CD drive.
>
> Ummm... what?
>
> Floppy controllers (FDD stands for Floppy Disk Drive and FDC stands
> for Floppy Disk Controller) most certainly do NOT control Hard Drives
> and CD-ROM drives now, or at any point in the past that I'm aware of.
>
> SATA is the current ATA standard for Hard Drives and CD-ROMs, IDE was
> the previous standard and is still in use to a degree on current MBs.
>
> SAS is the current SCSI standard, though a LOT of older SCSI
> controllers are still in use as well... you can't beat a good, cheap
> U360 card.
>
> But in any case, the FDD Controller does NOT control any hard drives
> or optical drives.
>
>
>

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