On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Mark Lord wrote: > Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Tejun Heo wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > > > > Hm, using a 62cm long cable ATM, should it be even shorter? It's going > > > > to be difficult physically then:-( > > > 62cm looks short enough. My long cable is much longer like 2m > > > > > > > But what about your drives - dies the connector fit well in the slot and > > > > sits firmaly there? With my disk looks likt the connector cannot be > > > > inserted completely because of too small a hole in plastic:-( > > > But mine fits well and firmly, so maybe you need to take out the knife > > > after all. > > > > yeah, warranty, you know:-( I contacted the retailer, will see. but it's > > strange - I bought mine in December 08, so, it's new enough, so, why?... The > > opening in the case is ~4.8mm, the plastic part of the connector on the > > eSATA cable is ~6.8mm... Ok, that's getting way OT, sorry. > .. > > Speaking of which.. dealextreme.com sells surprisingly excellent eSATA > cables with really sturdy connectors. Very cheap pricing, too, > with free shipping worldwide. An easy way to eliminate cable fuss. Haven't tried that cable, but here's a confirmation of my observation: http://forums.techguy.org/hardware/580140-esata-drive-not-recognized.html Thanks Guennadi --- Guennadi Liakhovetski, Ph.D. Freelance Open-Source Software Developer -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
