Re: [MLUG] Hard drive question

[ryan woodsmall <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

The bare IDE/SATA to USB converters I've used are all pretty cheap,  
but I wouldn't be able to get by without one.  Highly recommended.

  ryan woodsmall
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On Jun 2, 2006, at 9:02 AM, Jerry Gamblin wrote:

> On 6/2/06, Jennifer Dozar <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > I am curious, mainly cause i was intrigued by a Linux Admin test I  
> > took
> > for a job last night, and i didn't really know.  One question asked
> > about transferring data from an IDE drive to a SCSI drive. Can anyone
> > explain this to me?  I figured Linux just saw it as another hard  
> > drive,
> > not necessarily a "different type" of drive.  So, i'm just  
> > wondering if
> > anyone can help me out with that. I haven't ever come across this,  
> > but
> > doesn't mean i won't someday.  how many computers actually have both
> > types? don't mostly motherboards and such stick to one type of  
> > connect
> > for drives?
> > --
> > --
> > Jennifer Dozar
> > http://seul.org/~jennifer/osschools/
> > *******************************************
> > ALL YOUR BASEPAIR ARE BELONG TO US!
>
> Along time ago someone much smarter then me told me DATA is DATA is
> DATA. It doesn't matter if it is on CD/DVD/USB Key/SCSI/IDE/SATA as
> long as the host system can see and read the drive it doesn't matter
> what format it is stored on.
>
> As for different kind of drives, most servers will have atleast one
> IDE connection somewhere on the motherboard (for DVD/CD rom) if not I
> always have one of these is my bag of tricks:
>
> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item- 
> details.asp?EdpNo=1472797&Sku=C250-2288&SRCCODE=WEBGOOAUT&CMP=KNC- 
> GOOGL
>
> For $10 you can almost not afford to have one.
>
> I think that might have been a "trick" question.
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jerry Gamblin
>
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