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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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