On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:16:58 +0200
Henning Brauer <lists-openbsd@bsws.de> wrote:

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> * Aaron Mason <simplersolution@gmail.com> [2009-09-17 03:52]:
> > Would these drives by any chance be similar to the 1.8" ZIF drives
> > used in (*shudder*) 5th gen iPods?  I have one from my iPod that
> > died a horrible death and it still runs fine.
> > 
> > The drive's a 30 gigabyte Toshiba drive, and after the iPod it was
> > used on a PATA to 1.8" ZIF converter and used on a PC running
> > OpenBSD. If this suits your needs, I'm happy to donate it if you
> > can cover postage from Australia.
> 
> x40 do not use 1.8" zif drives but 1.8" drives with the regular 2.5"
> pata interface. which is exactly the issue - nothing else does.
> 

44 pin on the longer side of the drive?
Like the Solidata M2 1,8" ? The M1 variant uses SLC chips.

There are adapters on ebay for connecting 1,8" ZIF dirves to 44-pin IDE.
But I'd guess that the adapter and the drive won't fit the bay of the
x40.

- Robert