Linux on my Old Max? Cool! Does anyone have a link where I could find out more about this?
John >A minor point, but it has been reported that Linux supports slave drives on >the Starmax IDE busses. > >And of course a PCI IDE card supports slave drives and gives a nice speed >boost too. > >--On Wednesday, November 12, 2003 11:13 PM -0600 Todd Ronnei ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I have a StarMax 5000/300 with a 4.3 Gb hard drive and I just bought a >>> 120 Gb hard drive (I want to add linux and BeOS to this drive). Can I >>> add a second hard drive? >>> >>> If so, how do you configure it (master/slave....etc.)? >> >> The StarMax does not support slave drives--master only. Therefore, you >> cannot have two drives on the same IDE bus. One way around this is to >> replace the IDE CD ROM drive with a SCSI one, which frees up another IDE >> bus. > >-- >StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ > / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; >Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > >Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > Custom Communications Web site design 145 Newbury St., 3rd Floor Portland, ME 04101 (207) 771-5510 www.desktoppub.com -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
