CatmanV2
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But Ferrers got the same drive working!!!!
Ferrers!!!!??????
Have you got a normal drive you can dump the image on? Just to check it's not corrupted?
C
But Ferrers got the same drive working!!!!
Ferrers!!!!??????
Have you got a normal drive you can dump the image on? Just to check it's not corrupted?
C
I've put the original back in for now which was just slow. Image ain't corrupt mate it is identical to the one on the original.
Erm, you don't actually *know* that, but it's the likely option, I'll grant you
C
At a guess seeing at Moz has the same cloning software and SSD devices as me and is running into the same symptoms when using the Zheino SSD then I'd put good money on a compatibility issue.
I think the jumper thing is a red herring. I believe laptop HDDs are Master by default (with no jumpers). If Ferrers has been successful with the Zheino drive, then it's something you and I are doing Phil. So here's another idea. I wonder if the NIT relies on the drive's case as a ground. The PATA HDD has it's mounting points bare metal, whereas on the SSD they are all anodised - and anodising is an insulator. Ferrers may have just broken through the anodising which is why his works.
Moz
I suspect the case grounding is also a red herring.
Do the drives have the same geometry as the original? (Cylinders, sectors, sector size)
I suspect the firmware in the NIT will only read a particular configuration correctly, as there's no need for compatibility with any other drives.
Did you create an image to restore, or clone dd?
Any command line switches at all?
Have you aligned the SSD? I'm not sure that Clonezilla supports SSD auto-alignment.
If I was you, I'd look at testing a different piece of cloning software. Clonezilla is great, but there are plenty of instances of failure to clone with that, and success with others (particularly with SSDs), and similarly in reverse, where CZ has worked in place of another that failed. It's quick and easy enough to try something else.
So the issue is that the ribbon on the NIT covers the jumpers. The OEM hard drive is a little unusual:
OEM Drive:
Jumper on = Slave
Jumper off = Master
Most other drives:
Jumper on = Master
Jumper off = Slave
The NIT ribbon cable is acting as a jumper, turning the OEM drive into the slave drive. When you connect to the SSD it is having the opposite effect, making the SSD master and stopping the unit from booting.
I just snapped the two pins off the SSD, making it permanently a slave drive, it still works in my USB caddy and also in the car.
@CatmanV2 Are you still interested in testing? I know its been an age, if you are I will send it today
When you say snapped them off, you mean you snapped off the two pairs of pins at the end which had the jumper on?
Just the very end pair, I doubt snapping both pairs off would hurt though. The metal is soft so be careful not to bend the normal pins in the process!
I don't understand how that is not the same as not having a jumper connected!