Re: [eSATA] 2.6.28.7: IO errors

[Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>]

Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, Tejun Heo wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>
>> Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:
>>> Hm, using a 62cm long cable ATM, should it be even shorter? It's going to 
>>> be difficult physically then:-(
>> 62cm looks short enough.  My long cable is much longer like 2m
>>
>>> But what about your drives - dies the 
>>> connector fit well in the slot and sits firmaly there? With my disk looks 
>>> likt the connector cannot be inserted completely because of too small a 
>>> hole in plastic:-(
>> But mine fits well and firmly, so maybe you need to take out the knife
>> after all.
> 
> yeah, warranty, you know:-( I contacted the retailer, will see. but it's 
> strange - I bought mine in December 08, so, it's new enough, so, why?... 
> The opening in the case is ~4.8mm, the plastic part of the connector on 
> the eSATA cable is ~6.8mm... Ok, that's getting way OT, sorry.
..

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Cheers