On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Roberto Malinverni < roberto.malinverni@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Nope. If it is a ide device, just check that your ide cable is of the type > with 80 conductors. > Take a look at the images here, to see the difference between a 40 and a 80 > conductor cable (both have 40 pin). > My NEC DVDRW refused to work without such a cable. > Roberto > > > -- > Il messaggio e' stato analizzato alla ricerca di virus o > contenuti pericolosi da MailScanner, ed e' > risultato non infetto. > > Hi, I'm not sure if it's the best solution. Nilesh said that it works on fedora, so it must be some sort of software config for this. In fact this really got my attention, since I have no clue why such workaround works. If you know why, please share with us. -- Felipe de Oliveira Tanus E-mail: fotanus@xxxxxxxxx Blog: http://www.itlife.com.br Site: http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~fotanus/ ----- "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." - Gandalf