[Novalug] dmesg showing vesafb / drive errors at bottom

Russell Evans russell-evans@qwest.net
Sun Jan 21 22:13:39 EST 2007


On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:25:48 -0500
"Ken Kauffman" <kkauffman@headfog.com> wrote:

>
>     * Are you still using that 2.5" hard drive with the funky adapter
> on the cable (I recommended you ditch that hookup).  I'm thinking
>       that converter is dorking your stability.

I've used this type of converter in the past with much success.
http://www.mini-box.com/HDD-Cable-Adapter?category=20

The Dual 2.5" HDD to 3.5" HDD Bay Mounting Kit on this page looks
pretty nice; http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=12

This kit allows two 2.5" drives to be mounted into a 3.5" drive bay. A
short 44pin to 44pin cable connects the two drives. Jumper allows
switching between Master and Slave operation.

Connection to both drives is made by a standard 40pin IDE socket.

As the 2.5 hard drive are much quieter than 3.5 drives and the
capacities are going up, it might be a good solution for a living room
PC. Two Toshiba 2.5 200GB drives and the adaptor would be
about 4X to 5X the cost of a 400GB 3.5 drive, however.

Thank you
Russell



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