[ltp] A30 and diskdrives

[Brian Beattie]

On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 01:55, Rob Mayoff wrote:
> +---------- On Jan 18, Brian Beattie said:
> | I picked up an Hitachi Travelstar DK23EA-30, This drive is not
> | recognized by Linux as being present, and as far as I can tell the
> | recovery CD can't see it either.  I'm not sure if I have a dud.  Before
> | I try to return/replace it, I was wondering if anybody had any clues.
> 
> The logical next test would be to attach it to another computer. If
> you don't have access to another notebook, you can probably pick up
> the necessary cable for a few bucks that will let you attach it to a
> standard IDE interface. (I have one of these and it's come in handy
> several times.)

Yep did that.  In anycase it appears that I did not have a good
connection, it appears to be working now.

Thanks
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