[CentOS] OT: Hardware upgrade help

[John R Pierce]

On 08/24/11 1:16 PM, Keith Roberts wrote:
> Ebay sell SATA ->  PATA and vica versa adapters, plus others.
> So you should be able to use existing PATA drives on a newer
> SATA m/b with the right adapter.

not even worth the bother.   SATA DVD-RW drives that are probably 6X 
better than the last ATA versions are $19.   SATA hard disks are dirt 
cheap for terabytes.  keeping a pile of obsolete hardware alive in a new 
system is just a waste of time.



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john r pierce                            N 37, W 122
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