Large drives on 503+ & 2013

External Since: Dec 18, 2003 Posts: 81

My local dealer has these drives in current stock.
Maxtor 7,200 ATA133
40, 80 and 120Gig
Maxtor SATA 7,200rpm (8Mb cache)
80 and 120Gig
Seagate SATA 7,200rpm (8Mb cache)
80 and 120Gig
I note that Maxtor does not appear to support Linux where Seagate
do if only a limited support.

I already have a Maxtor 6Y080L0 80Gig ATA133 on the 503+ which
works fine under W98SE but not on Linux, (1) and wondered if there was
a way of getting round this, as the HD is not supported by Linux.
(1)
I did try on one of four 20Gig partions and installing Linux on it but it was
giving false information, so ended up installing it on the original 20Gig drive
using a 10Gig partition.

The PA-2013 is the next to be upgraded as it is only has a 6.4 HD and would
an additional PCI HD controller card improve its userbility/performance of the
new HD and Linux use, if cost not high I would consider one for the 503+ also.
PS
On the 80Gig HD I used on the 503+ I used the original 40pin cable that came with
the MB, and would using a 80pin HD cable be any advantage on a controller card ?.

Den

External Since: Sep 25, 2003 Posts: 81

I would recommend using a PCI IDE controller card on any motherboard which
does not support the ATA specification of the hard drive that you want to
use. The only question would be whether Linux supports the card. Yes, if
you are using an ATA66 or faster hard drive it is necessary to use the
80-conductor cable with the appropriate PCI controller card.
Robert
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> My local dealer has these drives in current stock.
> Maxtor 7,200 ATA133
> 40, 80 and 120Gig
> Maxtor SATA 7,200rpm (8Mb cache)
> 80 and 120Gig
> Seagate SATA 7,200rpm (8Mb cache)
> 80 and 120Gig
> I note that Maxtor does not appear to support Linux where Seagate
> do if only a limited support.
>
> I already have a Maxtor 6Y080L0 80Gig ATA133 on the 503+ which
> works fine under W98SE but not on Linux, (1) and wondered if there was
> a way of getting round this, as the HD is not supported by Linux.
> (1)
> I did try on one of four 20Gig partions and installing Linux on it but it
was
> giving false information, so ended up installing it on the original 20Gig
drive
> using a 10Gig partition.
>
> The PA-2013 is the next to be upgraded as it is only has a 6.4 HD and
would
> an additional PCI HD controller card improve its userbility/performance of
the
> new HD and Linux use, if cost not high I would consider one for the 503+
also.
> PS
> On the 80Gig HD I used on the 503+ I used the original 40pin cable that
came with
> the MB, and would using a 80pin HD cable be any advantage on a controller
card ?.
>
> Den
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