john wrote:
Looking at the market I see only the MK8009GAH/MK8010GAH (Should be
identical or does only the MK8010GAH do the 1kb block transfers?),
which is also build into the IPOD. The only other 80GB drive I know is
the MK8007GAH. Maybe it is that type that works without problems, as
it also has the compatible pin connector. But this is not produced
anymore, so MK8009GAH is the only way to go (besides buying used
MK8007GAH drives occasionally showing up at ebay with ludicrous price
tags). But in that case the iriver code would need the same
capabilities as the IPOD code, wouldn't it?
Yes, it is possible that all current 80GB drives use 1Kbyte physical
blocks, and then the iriver ATA code needs to be adjusted.
Are you sure you didn't mix that up with the old Archos USB-ATA
bridge?
Ah, yes. My bad.
Still, if the 80GB drive behaves like the one in the iPod, it might very
well fail because of the 1Kbyte alignment problem.
Linus
