Several attempts to find the SATA card using various Linux LiveCDs (Gentoo, Ubuntu, Knoppix) failed to find the card. lspci gave me a big fat zero every time.
As it turned out, PCI compatibility turned out to be the bugaboo that I couldn't get over for this issue. My motherboard is old enough that it had conformity to PCI 2.1, but only if I set it in the BIOS because the PCI 2.1 standard was so new at the time. It appears that all the SATA cards I...
The way my system is set up is that Linux (Gentoo Linux) is set up on a smallish hard drive, and my /home folder, where all my data is, is on a separate hard drive. The drive I plan to add will take the place of the /home folder drive.
I have been going back and forth over the issue of whether to upgrade the whole computer or not. I have to replace another desktop that we use as our real computer, so that's why I'm trying to get along with just upgrading the hard drive in my fileserver. It's mainly used as a way to backup...
I have a Pentium III based computer with an Abit BE6-II motherboard that is used as a fileserver running Linux. I would like to add a big hard drive to it, but I'm being mindful that the components in this computer are 7 years old.
As I see it, I've got two choices:
1. Get a 500 GB PATA...
Thanks for the input. I picked up an Adaptec USB external drive case from the local Best Buy (I know, but I needed to fix this problem fast. The good thing was that it was on sale.), and am copying files over to my Mac right now. When I get a replacement laptop, I'll move the files back...
I'm reasonably handy with computers but I'm kind of stymied on this one.
I have a 5 year old Dell Inspiron with a Pentium III and Windows 2000. My laptop just decided to die on me. I'm pretty sure the hard drive is okay, as I replaced the hard drive less than 6 months ago.
My question...
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