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

 

On Tuesday 23 March 2010, Martin Gautier wrote:

> On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 10:34 +0000, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:

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

> > the moment...

>

> I bought one of those a few weeks ago. It wouldn't install properly on

> my (quite old) Mobo running Ubuntu - worked fine in Windows though :(

>

> I tried all sorts of kernel module tricks to get it to work but failed.

>

> Martin

The problem I had with a new SATA DVD R/W was a lack of SATA power connectors. I now keep a supply of adaptors so problem solved.

George

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