On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 2:25 PM, John R Pierce pierce@hogranch.com wrote:
On 07/13/11 8:30 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
I haven't tried it with a cd/dvd drive, but you can get inexpensive USB cables with combo adapters for IDE (both full and laptop size) and sata with corresponding power connectors that are very handy to have around for temporary hookups.
afaik, those won't work with CD/DVD drives, as they use a completely different command protocol on the IDE/SATA (ATAPI is scsi based commands over the IDE or SATA port). Anyways, an older system probably can't boot from a USB CD/DVD.
I've got an IDE/SATA to USB cable converter with power supply and it works fine on CD and DVD drives.
Here's basically what I have on eBay.
Though, if you've just one older server, it probably makes more sense to just get a cheap DVD drive.