Rick DeNatale wrote:
Yes, it works quite well. :) I would certainly recommend it from the sheer perspective of separating out the drives onto individual channels.1. Drive from Wake Forest to Raleigh to buy 1 large HD. 2. See if it works. 3. If yes go to step 7 4. Drive from Wake Forest to Raleigh to buy PCI IDE controller 5. See if this works. 6. If no exit with failure and figure out what to do with my new hardware. 7. Drive back to Raleigh to buy second drive.
Now, I guess I could I go ahead and buy a pci card in step one, and
save one trip. Does anyone know whether or not the PCI IDE ATA133
Controller Card that Intrex sells works with Linux? One advantage of
this is that I could each of the four IDE Drives on a separate
channel.
Note that from a purely hypothetical standpoint, you can optimize your algorithm by buying both the controller and a single drive on the first trip -- then on the second trip you can return the controller if it wasn't necessary, saving you gas in the event that the controller is necessary, and costing you at most a 15% restocking fee if you accidentally run over the box with your car, and are unable to return it in satisfactorily-new condition. Note: be sure to double-check this plan with the store manager before you leave the store with the card, to ensure you will be able to return the card -- policies change, and I am not an authoritative source for Intrex return policies.
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