Can anyone recommend a good IDE to USB adapter that works with more than only hard drives?
I've just bought an IDE LS120 drive. The Startech IDE/SATA adapter doesn't want to work with it - the drive makes noises, and then I get a "reset SuperSpeed USB device" message in dmesg.
I can indefinitely borrow a desktop with IDE, but it would be handy to have something that Just Works that I can plug into a laptop.
@thelastpsion I don't have a direct recommendation - I have an anonymous one which doesn't work with an LS120, and the Startech which I haven't got around to testing - but if it helps, I understand the key is to look for one that explicitly says it works with CD-ROM drives. ATAPI support is the actual requirement but that doesn't seem to be advertised as often.
@baljemmett Ah, that makes a lot of sense - thanks for the tip!
@baljemmett I'm curious now... I wonder if a very old 5.25" USB CD-ROM drive caddy would work? My LS120 came with an additional 5.25" enclosure.
I'm sure there was a time when there were USB IDE CD-ROM drives. I'm not making that up, am I?
@thelastpsion you aren't, i have two external LS120s (drive itself non-functional) which are just caddies for 5.25" drives with an IDE->USB interface, so they came like that from factory too
