Re: Cobalt Raq2 HD upgrade - Advice required

[freshy98 <freshy98@gmx.net>]

Dominique Quatravaux wrote:

>Hi Linux-MIPS gurus,
>
>First, thanks to all involved for your work on the MIPS platform. My
>trusty Cobalt Raq2 in it's colocation farm not too far away boasts 394
>days of uptime tonight, and you are the guys who made it happen.
>
>I'd like to beef up the machine, with more RAM and another HD for
>backups. I found the appropriate Wiki page
>(http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Cobalt) and I believe I can deal with
>the RAM part. OTOH as regards the hard drive, the page is a bit evasive:
>exactly what kind of HD can I put there (one for a laptop perhaps)? Will
>I need any duct tape to fasten the second disk? Is there anything
>special I should know about the operation?
>
>Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
>
>  
>
Hello Dominique,

I used to own a RaQ2+ and had two 80GB drives in them.
Works just fine.

All you need is a new IDE cable since the default one only has the 
Master connector and you need the Slave as well.
Apart from that it should be easy.
Oh, you also need a Molex splitter since the default one is only good 
for one drive.

Regards,

Tom