* Stefan Troeger (stefan.troeger@wirtschaft.tu-chemnitz.de) [000217 00:08]:
They are backwards compatible. You can safely use a UDMA 66 drive with a UDMA 33 controller.
In theory yes, in practice no :( Some UDMA33 controllers get confused when confronted with a UDMA66 disk. That's why most disk manufacturers offer a tool from their web sites to make the disks identify themselves as UDMA33 ones. But normally it does work. Philipp -- Philipp Thomas <pthomas@suse.de> SuSE GmbH, Deutschherrenstrasse 15-29, 90429 Nuremberg The only difference between a bug and a feature is you can turn a feature off. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/