I've got an normal 3.5" CD-RW IDE drive that I'd like to be able to use with a
Dell Latitude CPx laptop that I've got. Does anyone know any way to enable this,
for example through the use of a special cable for the Modular Bay (where CD-ROM
There is also the possibility of using a docking station, but Dell's docking
solution for the Latitude series doesn't seem to allow for the use of an IDE
drive, only SCSI... Unless someone knows of a "non-Dell" solution that's

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Re: [ILUG] Using Normal IDE Device with a Dell Latitude CPx laptop
From ilug-admin@linux.ie  Wed Aug 28 10:48:30 2002

> I've got an normal 3.5" CD-RW IDE drive that I'd like to be able to use
> with a Dell Latitude CPx laptop that I've got. Does anyone know any way
> enable this, for example through the use of a special cable for the
> Modular Bay (where CD-ROM or floppy drive is normally).
There is absolutely no way to use a conventional 3.5" drive with a
laptop directly. However, you can get an external firewire or USB
cradle and attach it to the laptop like that, and any 3.5" drive