good advices... didn't know about the atacontrol.... thank you all...
> On Sun, 7 Aug 2005, kalin mintchev wrote: > >> can i just hook up a laptop hdd in a desktop machine? > > Yes, with a 40-to-44-pin IDE adapter. The pins on a 2.5-inch laptop > drive are spaced closer together than on a 3.5-inch drive. > > Before doing that, though, it's worth downloading a copy of the FreeSBIE > CD and booting with that: > > http://www.freesbie.org/ > > Even if you can't mount the hard drive, you at least ought to be able to > dd data from it. > > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA > -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
