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If you want to try anyway, then get the ATA7, and ATA8 technical docs from www.t13.org. Then maybe try paying $25 to get the technical specs from www.sata-io.org. Hopefully, the discrepancies between the standards aren't too bad.
==Introduction==
SATA, short for Serial ATA, is a new method of connecting disk drives, optical drives, etc. to the motherboard. SATA provides higher transfer rates than PATA and is backward compatible. If an OS does not recognize SATA, it can use drives like ordinary PATA drives with no issues.
==Detection and Initialization==
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