[PLUG] Attempted dd copy, ran into problems...

Marvin J. Kosmal lamsokvr at xprt.net
Thu Nov 13 16:32:02 UTC 2003


On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 10:51, Michael C. Robinson wrote:
> I had two 40 gig hard drives, one ATA-133 and the other ATA-100.
> I was trying to dupe one to the other because a system didn't seem
> to be working with the ATA-133.  The first thing I noticed when
> I opened the case is that the shop installed high density 80 wire
> cable to the onboard ATA-33 controller.  It seems the drives are
> slightly different sizes.


Ever since ATA 66 they have used 80 wire cable with 40 pin connectors.

HTH

> 
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