On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 2:25 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at 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. http://tinyurl.com/6yabazh Though, if you've just one older server, it probably makes more sense to just get a cheap DVD drive. -- RonB -- Using CentOS 5.6