From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Jul 26 14: 8: 2 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net (ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net [198.36.160.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 478A514CFB for ; Mon, 26 Jul 1999 14:07:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from summoner@uswest.net) Received: (qmail 5671 invoked by alias); 26 Jul 1999 21:06:58 -0000 Delivered-To: fixup-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG@fixme Received: (qmail 5646 invoked by uid 0); 26 Jul 1999 21:06:57 -0000 Received: from edsl209.ptld.uswest.net (HELO uswest.net) (209.180.175.209) by ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net with SMTP; 26 Jul 1999 21:06:57 -0000 Message-ID: <379CCDF1.35D3C03@uswest.net> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 14:06:57 -0700 From: Summoner X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Wolfskill Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: First time for my own PC hardware References: <199907261419.HAA77855@pau-amma.whistle.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org David Wolfskill wrote: > > Seems odd that a cable would be with the CD drive, but not a disk drive. OEM drives don't come with cables, manufacturers assume that anyone with enough brains to install their own hardware always has at least one spare IDE cable. *glances at the boxes of ribbon cables on the shelves* Retail boxed drives and "drive kits" always come with an IDE cable. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message