[mythtvnz] Sata to IDE adaptor for myth box

[Nick & Ann Read]

Nick & Ann Read wrote:
> So, after doing major recovery jobs on my HDD three times in a month, 
> I'm starting to get the hint that its dying (3yr old IDE 200GB Seagate). 
> I'm still running an SD (Intel P3) combined FE/BE with an IDE 
> motherboard, and don't have the cash (or time) right now to do any major 
> upgrades. Looking at prices, SATA is a lot cheaper and generally more 
> future proof, so I thought to get a SATA drive and an adaptor like this:
>
> http://www.pcpacific.net/product_info.php?products_id=5458&osCsid=1afaa60e8f71178f074f6334212366a8 
> <http://www.pcpacific.net/product_info.php?products_id=5458&osCsid=1afaa60e8f71178f074f6334212366a8>
>
> Has anyone tried this before? Good/bad experience?
>
> Thanks
> Nick
>
>   
Well that didn't work. Failed to read/write the disk with my P3 under 
Linux, and worked really slowly on my P4 with windows. Took the plunge 
and replaced my P3 with a new(er) celeron MB with SATA. Still getting 
that going properly (another story) but at least the disk is great :-)