Re: [tlug] format over SATA->IDE->USB connectors?

[Godwin Stewart <gstewart@example.com>]

On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:21:02 +0900, "Gernot Hassenpflug"
<aikishugyo@example.com> wrote:

> In following this up I found that I had forgotten a detail: in fact,
> the drive was a SATA drive with an IDE converter attached, and *that*
> was then attached via an IDE->USB converter cable to the PC.

The more "bits" there are between the O/S and the disk, the more likely
it is that there will be a failure somewhere.

You really want to look into a USB/SATA converter and eliminate the
IDE/SATA adapter in the middle. I'm not saying that this'll work,
guaranteed, but I am saying that it's more likely to work.

USB/SATA converters are ten a penny now - doubtless because it's serial
communication both sides and therefore simpler than USB/PATA.

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