L wrote:
Hi, Has any one had good experience with USB-SATA/IDE adapter on linux/Fedora? if so, what is the brand? Most of these devises on markets is marked as workable on win or MAC. non mention of linux thanks Y
I have a friend that has been happy with his, so I emailed him to get info on it. This is his reply:
Hi, Yeah, mine has been absolutely reliable. I happen to have it with me... [CUT] The brick goes in the main pocket, the actual USB-to-SATA/IDE part (with SATA cable) into the side compartment. There's also an adapter came with it that turns the standard "old school" drive power plug into the newer SATA type power plug, and a detachable SATA cable. Lesse...well it says "Vantec" on it, has two green lights and a red light. Red says "USB", green on that side says "IDE/Busy", other green light says "SATA" located near the end where the SATA port is. Key thing here: the power brick is totally separate from the adapter portion. In some cases you don't need the brick, esp. with laptop IDE drives. I tried a setup where the cables to data and power merge, and with a switch operating the power. That was a complete and utter turd. Avoid. What else...OH yeah: I also carry around a cable that lets me plug one USB device (such as this thing) into a pair of PC/laptop/etc. USB ports, wired to draw data and power from one, power from the other. In a few cases this makes the setup more reliable. It's quite rare but it does happen where a drive needs more power than a computer is providing on one USB port. Laptop IDE drives are the most common scenario. This dual-port adapter cable was NOT part of the original kit. With that thing along, I'm pretty confident every drive I encounter can be made to work if it's working at all. Hope this helps! Jim -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
