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

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <matthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

ebuyer are doing dual-layer SATA DVD-RW drives for less than £16 at  
the moment...

M,

Quoting Brad Rogers <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> 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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