From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:30:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.21]:57776 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with SMTP id S8133594AbWASAaX (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:30:23 +0000 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 19 Jan 2006 00:34:04 -0000 Received: from 5354180C.cable.casema.nl (EHLO [192.168.1.60]) [83.84.24.12] by mail.gmx.net (mp015) with SMTP; 19 Jan 2006 01:34:04 +0100 X-Authenticated: #11016536 Message-ID: <43CEDEA9.6030506@gmx.net> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:34:49 +0100 From: freshy98 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: Cobalt Raq2 HD upgrade - Advice required References: <43CEB82F.6020009@kilimandjaro.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <43CEB82F.6020009@kilimandjaro.dyndns.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 9973 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: freshy98@gmx.net Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips 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