[ale] PATA to SATA adapters?

dev null zero two dev.null.02 at gmail.com
Wed Jan 7 11:24:42 EST 2015


the actual physical interface is irrelevant (SATA vs PATA), just what
version ATA the controller supports. so there's a good possibility your
adapter will work.

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> Sorry, no, I have not used this myself.
> I dont think I have any systems with PATA drives left in production so I
> haven't had a need to access PATA drives.
>
> -derek
>
> On Wed, January 7, 2015 9:46 am, Pete Hardie wrote:
> > Paul Cartwright mentioned a similar one.  Have you used this type with
> > success?
> >
> > I'm not looking for continual access, so slow USB 2.0 is fine - once I've
> > imaged the drive, it goes in the Replay and is running on an IDE
> > controller
> > directly.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Does it specifically need to be a PATA to SATA adapter?
> >> Could you use a PATA to USB adapter?
> >> Maybe something like:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Adapter-Converter-Optical-External/dp/B002OV1VJW
> >>
> >> It's $10 from Amazon with Prime shipping.  Granted, it's only USB2, not
> >> USB3.
> >>
> >> -derek
> >>
> >> On Wed, January 7, 2015 9:23 am, Pete Hardie wrote:
> >> > I doubt I can fit the adapter into the ReplayTV case, so I'm looking
> >> at
> >> > the
> >> > adapter more to allow me to load the PATA drive from my more modern
> >> > systems
> >> > that
> >> > have SATA controllers
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Is PATA to SATA will give you significant speed increase or just
> >> >> convinience of using HDD that are more common today?
> >> >>
> >> >> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Anyone had experience with such a device?  I have to replace a drive
> >> on
> >> >>> my ReplayTV box, which uses IDE
> >> >>> drives only, and while I have an old desktop which still uses PATA,
> >> I
> >> >>> will probably forget this fact and toss it out at siome point.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> What I need to be able to do is load the IDE drive via dd, and if
> >> the
> >> >>> SATA:PATA adapter allows that as if the drive be controlled via a
> >> >>> PATA/IDE
> >> >>> interface, I will get one.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> TIA for any info/advice
> >> >>>
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