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Re: [LUG] No IDE! A taste of things to come?

 

On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:00:40 +0000 (GMT)
Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Gordon,

> Was wondering how I'm going to connect up my usual CD-ROM drive to
> boot Linux into it, but I've remembered I have a USB CD-ROM drive ... 
> somewhere!

It's possible to get SATA-PATA converters.  This is the first hit I got;

http://www.1topstore.com/product_info.php?language=en&currency=GBP&products_id=60

I know nothing about the firm, or this bit of kit.  But for less than a
fiver, it's better than ditching a drive.

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