[Gllug] SATA - new drives and old BIOSes not compatible?

[Karanbir Singh]

Christopher Mocock wrote:
> There are other scenarios where replacing disks might be desired. To use
> an example that applies in my work; if you have a digital video recorder
> for CCTV, you might want to remove disks containing video for review on
> a separate viewing station, then replace the removed disk with a fresh
> one to allow the surveillance recording to continue whilst the review
> takes place.

surely, in such a scenario you would use a disk enclosure on an 
appropriate backplane ( if nothing else, on a hotplug backlpane to 
ensure the machine does not need to be shutdown, opened, fingered etc ). 
You will find such caddies are a lot more resilient to moving around 
than the conventional sata sockets are.

- KB
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