[mythtvnz] Sata to IDE adaptor for myth box

[Nick Rout]

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Steve Hodge <stevehodge at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 2:55 AM, Nick & Ann Read <nick.read at engineer.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> 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 :-)
>
> I guess you didn't have a spare PCI slot for a SATA controller card? I've
> used a couple of different varieties
> (http://www.dse.co.nz/dse.shop/en/product/XH8269,
> http://www.ascent.co.nz/productspecification.aspx?ItemID=359940) without any
> issues.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve


If you don't have room for a PCI card the sata drive may work better
in an external enclosure connected by firewire or USB2