On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Volker Kuhlmann <list0...@paradise.net.nz> wrote: > On Fri 06 Aug 2010 18:37:50 NZST +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > >> What gives? Can anyone point me to a source (chc preferably, nz >> otherwise) of 1TB (or bigger) pata drives? > > Maybe they can't satisfy demand and are producing the mainstream items > first? > > Check pricespry, if nothing else they have a good list of suppliers.
good point, there is nothing over 500G in the ide section. > >> I guess my other alternative is to get a pci-e sata card and sata drives. > > Which might actually come cheaper anyway, times when PATA and SATA where > the same price are past. And you can reuse the drive when you upgrade > your mythbox. > Any particular card you recommend (or that I should avoid). I saw a via card on trademe and thought it best to avoid that baby! I could then go to 2 more 2G drives then. Must be pci-e. (the pci slots are taken up by tuners). > Volker > > -- > Volker Kuhlmann > http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me. >
