Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:48:58 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Yoshihiro Ota <ota@j.email.ne.jp>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dumping large partition to USB drive fails Message-ID: <20070628024858.6cb46ac0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20070627160321.GA1228@eos.sc1.parodius.com> References: <20070625174045.GA31486@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20070625224507.da4e62c2.ota@j.email.ne.jp> <20070626060948.GA20203@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20070627153221.1a2cce90@localhost> <20070627061206.GA58111@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20070627201905.2102ddc4@localhost> <20070627151123.GA71331@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <20070627160321.GA1228@eos.sc1.parodius.com>
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On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:03:21 -0700
Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> Upon opening the enclosure (and violating the warranty), I found that
> the 2" long ATA33 cable (which was amusing in itself since the device
> claimed to support ATA100/ATA133 speeds) connecting the drive to the
> ATA<->USB backplane had a couple copper wires exposed, and two of the
> wire crimping pins were actually sticking outside of the 40-pin
> connector.
yeah...not surprised at all.... that's why I try to get the ones you can see
all the bits , no closed hardware :) BlueEyes seem to be quite reliable...
/me looks around for some wood...
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