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Date:      Sun, 7 Aug 2005 12:08:15 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        kalin mintchev <kalin@el.net>
Cc:        francisco@natserv.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: RAED_DMA timed out crap
Message-ID:  <20050807120441.Y64769@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <3376.24.239.176.131.1123427437.squirrel@24.239.176.131>
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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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