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> Thanks for all the replies. One last question. I have taken a look at > overclockers.co.uk and seen this: > Adaptec AAR-1210SA SATAConnect Serial ATA Controller (CC-012-AD) > <http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_SATA_RAID_424.html> > Is this the sort of thing that I need to be able to connect sata hard drives > to a machine that only supports ide please? Is there a recommended hard drive > out there! > On the backup side of things I already have a 250 gig firewire drive so I > simply intend to set up a cron job to do the work overnight! You only need SATA if you want to hotswap it. Otherwise IDE is fine. And you will get no speed benefit whatsoever from SATA if you have to go through a PCI controller. PCI is slow. Possibly slower than IDE. Simon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html