From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 11 09:26:20 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 993F216A4D0 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:26:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.speakeasy.net (mail6.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B526643FDD for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:26:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 30854 invoked from network); 11 Nov 2003 17:26:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO server.baldwin.cx) ([216.27.160.63]) (envelope-sender )encrypted SMTP for ; 11 Nov 2003 17:26:18 -0000 Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (gw1.twc.weather.com [216.133.140.1]) by server.baldwin.cx (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hABHPqce019989; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 12:25:53 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.5.4 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3FB11047.AC77A0F@linuxcare.com> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 12:25:50 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: Bill Schoolcraft X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) cc: f-mobile Subject: Re: Hard drive for Dell Inspiron 5000e - place to buy X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 17:26:20 -0000 On 11-Nov-2003 Bill Schoolcraft wrote: > richard childers / kg6hac wrote: >> >> > > > >> That having been said, you may also want to consider replacing your >> current hard drive with something larger; many laptops issued with 10 GB >> hard drives - the limit, at their time of manufacture - can easily >> contain 20, 30 or 40 GB hard drives, now that drive manufacturers can >> pack two, three or four times as much data into the predetermined form >> factor. > > > > Seeing the age of the laptop/computer "Dell Inspiron 5000e" make sure > your BIOS has the capacity to "SEE" the full size of the larger drives. > I have a fairly new Toshiba-1715xcds and it would not see a 30-gig drive > but saw a 20-gig drive fine. I have an Inspiron 5000e which originally came with a 5 GB drive. It uses regular old ATA 2.5" drives for the primary drive though only at UDMA33 due to having a PIIX4 chipset. I've used an 18 GB drive and currently have a 40 GB drive in it. -- John Baldwin <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/