Mark wrote: >>On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Stefan Monnier >><monn...@iro.umontreal.ca>wrote: Agreed, in case you have a choice, go for >>the SATA controller. OTOH, I use one of those frankenstein adapters in a >>small box (wl700ge home router) where the SATA controller is not an >>option, and it works just great for that. > > Well, the Frankenstein adapters don't work. hdd isn't recognized by BIOS > no matter what configuration I use, even when it's the only hdd in the > computer > and I use Master or Cable Select. Sad I bought 2 of them and neither > works > with the circa year 2000 HP desktop. I can't use the PCI adapter unless > it also has SATA power as my mobo doesn't have SATA power and my drives > don't have the standard 4-prong power adapter. > > Hmmm guess I'm stuck unless I'm missing something obvious. > > Mark
Hi, I'm using my old ide drives in pretty modern pc that has only sata. I both first one SATA-IDE adapter for about 5€ but then noticed that it was exactly the opposite I needed. Then I saw that there was IDE-SATA for about 30€. I bought this one and it worked, so could it be in your case, that you've got the wrong adapter? The problem is that SATA/IDE slots look the same on both ends, so mistakes are preprogrammed. If not then I would guess it is a bios issue. In the latter case no one can help. regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
