Following is output from 3 machines: hwinfo --cdrom: http://fm.no-ip.com/tmp/Linux/hwinfocdrom-big31.txt http://fm.no-ip.com/tmp/Linux/hwinfocdrom-fi965.txt http://fm.no-ip.com/tmp/Linux/hwinfocdrom-gx270.txt /proc/scsi: http://fm.no-ip.com/tmp/Linux/scsi-big31.txt http://fm.no-ip.com/tmp/Linux/scsi-fi965.txt http://fm.no-ip.com/tmp/Linux/scsi-gx270.txt In all 3's hwinfo output, the OM device is reported to be on IDE interface, which for at least one of the three is an outright lie (AD-7200S is SATA). I didn't know all to start with, which is why the question, though I do now know from seeing these particular model numbers. Ignoring whatever information can be discovered or inferred from device model numbers or names, how can one determine whether a device is connected to a PATA port or an SATA port? Is there something from cmdline better than hwinfo or /proc/scsi to find this out? Would use of a PATA to SATA or vice versa converter produce an erroneous report? -- "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams, 2nd US President Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org