Re: Do I own an unsupported optical IDE drive?

[Horace Dynamite <horace.dynamite@gmail.com>]

On 22 July 2011 18:27, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:54:00 +0100, Horace Dynamite wrote:
>
>> On 22 July 2011 16:43, Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Uff, have you tried with another IDE cable? Those seem hardware errors.
>>
>> I installed the Debian system using this optical drive, so I think this
>> proves that my optical drive and IDE cable are working properly, for, it
>> was only three days ago that I installed Debian. Is that true?
>
> Well, the unit can be in its finals days and the fact you could install
> from it with no apparent/visible errors is not a proof of its health...
> BTW, how old is it?

2 years old. I've just booted into a Ubuntu Live CD, which I believe
implies the electronics are working.

> Then you can re-sit the current one, just in case it has been slightly
> moved or became loose.

I took it out, re-sat, booted the LiveCD again, it worked. Yet I still
get these hardware errors.

Thanks for your time,

Horace.