Re: IDE drive cable oddity...

Andre Hedrick (andre@linux-ide.org)
Tue, 27 Jun 2000 11:06:10 -0700 (PDT)


On Tue, 27 Jun 2000 kernel@kvack.org wrote:

> No, it's not an IDE cable. Recall the really old sbpcd driver? The
> cables that the old SoundBlaster 1x and 2x CDROMs driven by that driver
> were just like that (same 40 pin connector) and supported up to 4 drives
> on a cable. If you put 4 IDE drives on it, you're apt to fry them.

The lenght is wrong and the number of connectors is to few.....

Look for The Cascade Project Announcement.....

Andre Hedrick
The Linux ATA/IDE guy

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