SATA HD on Amiga computers

[Thomas]

I am still looking for an adapter which allows to use two SATA drives on one IDE controller as master and slave. All adapters I've seen yet block the entire IDE port for only one device, although the IDE port can handle two.

I'll try It on my A600

It does  not fit without an adapter cable. The A600 has a 44-pin connector, this adapter has a 40-pin connector. And it is rather difficult to find a ribbon cable with a male connector.

[Thomas]

This one allows It. You can atach two drives to this adapter. And It works (tested).

I don't think so. See the second answer in questions & answers on this page: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=118507043

This is how it works on any such adapter I've seen.

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

I've got one SATA to IDE converter the same as in the picture. Although my A4000 can see the HD cannot see the DVD-ROM.

You need an ATAPI driver to run CD-ROM-like devices on the IDE bus. OS 3.9, IDEfix97 or the like. This has not changed with an SATA adapter.

There is a jumper for Master/Slave options, but nothing changes. Any ideas? Who has completely made it working with 2 devices?

One jumper on the adapter for two devices ? This rather sounds like you've got an adapter which supports only one device. You need one which supports two devices like mentioned in the beginning of the thread.

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

The link is completely useless because it does not contain any description about the function of the adapter.

However, it looks pretty much the same as this one: http://www.delock.de/produkte/gruppen/Konverter/Delock_Converter_IDE_40pin_SATA_2x_HDD_61664.html

And here the description definitely says that the adapter represents *one* IDE device which can be either master or slave. It does not support master *and* slave.

[Thomas]

I can walk into any store and buy a cheap SATA disk, not so  for PATA disks.

If you go into a store, you'll pay twice the price anyway, so why not ask for an expensive PATA drive instead of an expensive SATA drive ?

When looking at mail order shops, I'd say that SATA HDD + adapter are as expensive as a PATA HDD of the same size.