Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 18:55:08 -0400 (EDT) From: "kalin mintchev" <kalin@el.net> To: "Warren Block" <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: francisco@natserv.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAED_DMA timed out crap Message-ID: <53009.24.90.33.115.1123455308.squirrel@24.90.33.115> In-Reply-To: <20050807120441.Y64769@wonkity.com> References: <62869.24.90.33.115.1123362653.squirrel@24.90.33.115> <20050806195118.O39557@zoraida.natserv.net> <1901.24.239.176.131.1123404300.squirrel@24.239.176.131> <20050807102048.N48843@zoraida.natserv.net> <3376.24.239.176.131.1123427437.squirrel@24.239.176.131> <20050807120441.Y64769@wonkity.com>
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good advices... didn't know about the atacontrol.... thank you all... > On Sun, 7 Aug 2005, kalin mintchev wrote: > >> can i just hook up a laptop hdd in a desktop machine? > > Yes, with a 40-to-44-pin IDE adapter. The pins on a 2.5-inch laptop > drive are spaced closer together than on a 3.5-inch drive. > > Before doing that, though, it's worth downloading a copy of the FreeSBIE > CD and booting with that: > > http://www.freesbie.org/ > > Even if you can't mount the hard drive, you at least ought to be able to > dd data from it. > > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA > --
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