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freshy98 wrote:
> Dominique Quatravaux wrote:
> 
>>
>> 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?
>>
> 
> 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.
> 

If you have some soldering experience it's also quite easy to fit the 
components for the second IDE channel (it's just a handful of resistors, 
a diode and the connector IIRC).

P.