[mythtvnz] IDE-SATA adaptor?

Nick Rout nick.rout at gmail.com
Sat Jul 28 02:21:41 BST 2012


My backend needs more storage. It has no more sata ports, and no more
PCI/PCIe slots to put in a SATA card.

It does have a spare IDE header on the motherboard. Is there an
adaptor that I can use to convert the motherboard's IDE header to a
sata drive? Google kinda tells me there is, but I can't find any
locally, and there is a deal of confusion from my google searches. The
confusion is between adaptors that allow you to use a IDE drive on a
SATA motherboard on the one hand, and what I want (SATA drive on IDE
motherboard) on the other hand.

Alternatively PCIe to 4 sata port card that works with linux (I have a
PCIe to two SATA port at present).

Or a source of IDE 2 or 3 TB hard drives?



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