From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Art Wildman" Subject: Re: IDE disk drive controllers and disk drive sizes supported by RedHat 9 Shrike Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 10:38:17 -0500 Message-ID: <41865869.1070909@noaa.gov> References: <20041029.153112.504.328747@webmail11.lax.untd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20041029.153112.504.328747@webmail11.lax.untd.com> Sender: linux-config-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Alexander Povolotsky Cc: linux-config@vger.kernel.org, linux-admin@vger.kernel.org Alexander Povolotsky wrote: >Hi, > >I have Linux Red Hat 9 on Pentium III PC (Dell Optiplex 110 ) >running off the 8 Gb Disk Drive; there is also small boot drive on that IDE controller. > >I ran out of disk space on that 8 Gb disk drive. > >There is also another IDE controller for the functional CD-ROM there. > >I bought (3rd) SIIG UltraATA 100 PCI Controller and 80 Gb Western Digital IDE disk drive - could I add this new controller with this new disk drive and somehow make existing Linux Red Hat 9 recognize this new drive as additional disk space ? Is SIIG UltraATA 100 PCI Controller >supported by RedHat 9 ? If yes, do I need to do something specific >(like compiling module ? - if yes - could be 'dynamically loadable >module' or the module should be statically compiled into the kernel ? - >are steps to be performed documented someplace on-line ?). >Somebody told me that 'SIIG's IDE controller is a bad choice for Linux Red Hat 9 and that IDE controller from 'Promise' is supported by RedHat 9 - is it true ? >Is 80 Gb drive in general supported by RedHat 9 (which is Linux kernel 2.4 based ) ? If not what is the largest size supported: 10 Gb ? 20 Gb ? 40 Gb ? > >Suppose alternatively to above discussed I will just add 20 Gb drive to the second (available) slot on the existent IDE controller, which now controls the CD-ROM - will it work ? (... and if 'yes' - are any actions needed on my part ?). > >Thanks, >Alex > > > > > If you use that controller you may have to disable another, I would try to use the existing IDE interfaces first. YoLinux Tutorial: Add an Additional New Hard Drive to Your Linux System http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialAdditionalHardDrive.html -- Art Wildman/ITO @ WFO-JAX - art.wildman@noaa.gov National Weather Service Office - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jax 13701 FANG Dr., Jacksonville, FL. 32218 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin