From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1IBfbN-0006ma-MQ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:40:10 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6JNcs7F016938; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:38:54 GMT Received: from mra02.ch.as12513.net (mra02.ch.as12513.net [82.153.254.70]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6JNYUfu012205 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:34:30 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mra02.ch.as12513.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64D1CD43DB for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:34:29 +0100 (BST) Received: from mra02.ch.as12513.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mra02.ch.as12513.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 04741-01-2 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:34:28 +0100 (BST) Received: from compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org [213.152.39.90]) by mra02.ch.as12513.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 988EBD4293 for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:34:28 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.10.191] (unknown [192.168.1.200]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72F4713780D for ; Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:34:24 +0100 (BST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) In-Reply-To: <1184883734.885.15.camel@blackwidow.nbk> References: <1184871678.18550.73.camel@blackwidow.nbk> <200707192129.15142.f.philipp@addcom.de> <1184876600.18550.94.camel@blackwidow.nbk> <1184883734.885.15.camel@blackwidow.nbk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Stroller Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Sony Viao Vista and Gentoo Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:34:23 +0100 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Virus-Scanned: by Eclipse VIRUSshield at eclipse.net.uk X-Archives-Salt: 4fad51e2-6046-4573-8a07-9485bbcc80ad X-Archives-Hash: 3d52995045913ca3f853dc82ef241c71 On 19 Jul 2007, at 23:22, Albert Hopkins wrote: >> ... >> I'm looking for a cable so that I can copy the sony drive >> onto a gentoo partition of another system via a usb 2.0 to >> ata/eide cable. >> >> It was suggested this cable: >> ttp://tinyurl.com/ynhszy [sic] >> >> But being in Florida... These are really easy to find and are currently very common from many =20= online vendors. I wasn't recommending that supplier as I paid less for mine - you can =20= find lots of places that sell these simply by Googling "USB EIDE SATA =20= adaptor". Since I'm in the UK that was the first (sponsored) link I =20 found - I only meant it to illustrate my suggestion of "get one of =20 these, so you can back up". When I search again I find the second result is a US vendor - they =20 should save themselves money and use Google Ad's regional settings to =20= exclude the likes of me: http://tekgems.com/Products/kl-usb-sata-=20 ide-25-35.htm > I would actually opt for an enclosure. Qalculate is telling me that > =A324.95 is ~$51 USD. You can get an enclosure at Best Buy , Frys (if > they have that there) or CompUSA at around the same price ... Enclosures are great when you want to keep a drive in there. But in =20 the case that you want to - say - pull the hard-drive out of your =20 laptop and plug it into a desktop PC for just a few minutes these =20 "adaptor cables" are very useful indeed. The link above prices them =20 at $17 - a price at which, IMO, you can't go wrong. Stroller.=20= -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list