Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 09:40:26 -0700 (PDT) From: The Clark Family <res03db2@gte.net> To: Greg Pavelcak <gpav@som.umass.edu> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laptop Hard Drives Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007210934170.19273-100000@orthanc.dsl.gtei.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10007210836210.13850-100000@emily.oit.umass.edu>
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I purchased an adapter for laptop IDE to desktop IDE once. It worked well. 30$ from Fry's I think. Its nice to be able to use ghost to image the HD of a new laptop, before its booted the very first time. That way you end up with an image of the HD in its pristine state. Its also a nice way to handle problematic situations with laptops with limited support. The only limitation of the adapter, is that laptop drives are all masters. There wasn't a provision for putting two on a channel. (Things could've changed since then.) I used to use the adaptor with a parallel port enclosure. I could do all kinds of cloning tricks that way. The only limitation you may run into, is what drive size the BIOS of your laptop can handle. Thanks, [RC] On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Greg Pavelcak wrote: > Hello all. > > I'm looking for input on purchasing a laptop hard drive. My > AST Ascentia J20 sports an 810MB ibm hard drive. I'm thinking > about getting a larger drive so I don't have to worry about > housecleaning so much, but I have a couple of questions. > > Are laptop hard drives any more proprietary than regular drives? > Is a new drive likely to just work as long as I get the > dimensions right? > > I also saw a parenthetical note next to an ad for an ibm 810 MB > drive saying it's good for desktops too. Is it possible to use a > laptop drive in a desktop? I looked at my laptop hard drive once > before, and it seemed to me that the power supply cord was somehow > incorporated into the ribbon cable. > > It would be great if I could just pop the new drive into my > desktop and dump/restore FreeBSD to it. That would be by > far the easiest way to get the configuration I've developed over > the years up and running on my old laptop. > > Any input, pointers to reading, benefit of your experience > greatly appreciated. > > Take care. > > Greg > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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