> -----Original Message----- > From: Sviatoslav Chagaev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 10:54 PM > To: Tomas Bodzar > Subject: Re: Problem with CD/DVD RW - only read > > What IDE cable for this drive? 40- or 80-wire? > A month or two ago, I was experiencing problems with my DVD-RW drive, > it wouldn't read CDs/DVDs, outputing similar errors into dmesg. Then I > replaced the 40-wire cable with an 80-wire one and all the problems > disappeared.
Sounds to me like your 40-wire cable was bad. AFAIK, with properly compatible cables/drives/boards, using a 40-wire cable should just be slower, but it shouldn't prevent things from working. --ropers
