Hard drive spec change

[Adam Williamson]

On Thu, 2010-03-11 at 00:19 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:

> Have you tried to buy a replacement PATA disk lately, particularly one no
> larger than the 2^28  ATA-5 addressing limit? Buying a replacement 20G HD, or
> one compatible with it even if 10X or more the storage size actually needed,
> has become a difficult task, particularly if a new product and a warranty
> longer than 90 days is desired. The bother is that it looks like HD makers
> will have their way with 512 as they have with PATA, forcing a lot of
> otherwise useful hardware into landfills prematurely.

You know you can buy a PCI SATA controller card for about $10 in any PC
junk store, right?
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