Re: [expert] add 2nd HDD and Colorado 350?
On Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 07:23:21PM -0400, David G. Thiessen wrote: - i picked up a Colorado 350 and a Western Digital 540MB HDD. - - i would like to add these to my box, but, I can find no info - for how to hook up the Colorado Drive. It came with a cable - that - has a part labeled TO TAPE DRIVE, a part labeled TO FLOPPY - DATA - CABLE, and a part labeled TO FLOPPY CONTROLLER. - - I'd like any info on how to hook this beast up. Then I'd - like someone - to point me in thge right direction on how to get it working - in linux. Colorado has been bought out by HP, so try scrounging around www.hp.com for docs and or customer support. Also check out the FTAPE HOWTO. - - i believe that i can get the extra HDD hooked up from - resources on the net. Right. You may want to set it up as the secod drive on the controller, or as slave in a master/slave configuration. You need to set jumpers both on the WD and the drive that you already have. Check the Western Digital web site for jumpering instructions. - - any help appreciated... - - -- - David G. Thiessen - [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: ThiessenDG - King George, VAICQ: 55163586 - http://webpages.kg.hsanet.net/thiessendg -- -- C^2 No windows were crashed in the making of this email. Looking for fine software and/or web pages? http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley
RE: [expert] add 2nd HDD and Colorado 350?
Find where the floppy cable plugs into the motherboard (or ISA card if old machine). Note which side pin 1 is on (pin 1 on the cable has a red stripe). Unplug the floppy cable from the motherboard and plug it into the socket labeled TO FLOPPY DATA. Plug the part labeled TO FLOPPY CONTROLLER into the motherboard correctly aligning pin 1. Now plug the part labeled TO TAPE DRIVE into the tape drive correctly aligning pin 1. You now have it installed. Check out ftape. There should be a HOWTO on it. You won't be able to use the floppy drive while you are using the tape drive. By the way, SCSI DAT tape drives are real cheap nowdays and a much better way to go. Hope this helps, Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David G. Thiessen Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 7:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] add 2nd HDD and Colorado 350? i picked up a Colorado 350 and a Western Digital 540MB HDD. i would like to add these to my box, but, I can find no info for how to hook up the Colorado Drive. It came with a cable that has a part labeled TO TAPE DRIVE, a part labeled TO FLOPPY DATA CABLE, and a part labeled TO FLOPPY CONTROLLER. I'd like any info on how to hook this beast up. Then I'd like someone to point me in thge right direction on how to get it working in linux. i believe that i can get the extra HDD hooked up from resources on the net. any help appreciated... -- David G. Thiessen [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: ThiessenDG King George, VAICQ: 55163586 http://webpages.kg.hsanet.net/thiessendg
Re: [expert] add 2nd HDD and Colorado 350?
** Reply to message from "David G. Thiessen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, 29 Apr 2000 19:23:21 -0400 i picked up a Colorado 350 and a Western Digital 540MB HDD. i would like to add these to my box, but, I can find no info for how to hook up the Colorado Drive. If you have a "Multi-floppy" drive cable with an unused connector (presuming that you only have one FDD in your box), you can just plug it in, and if the drive has jumpers, set them to show that the drive is the 2nd in the chain! If you don't have a multi-drive cable, they're pretty common and inexpensive. As far as using it with Linux, well I can't say that I have any experience in that area. I use all SCSI devices. George
