On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:18:56 +0100, Rob Beard <r...@esdelle.co.uk> wrote:
> Matt Jones wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 6:17 PM, John Davis <davi...@wanadoo.fr> wrote: >> >>> This is not a linux question as such but I know someone will know the >>> answer! >>> >>> My computers hard drive is full. I have finally persuaded the Missus >>> to have >>> a go at Ubuntu. I would like to buy a 500 gig SATA hard drive >>> Partition it >>> half for Wind**s and Ubuntu as the main. >>> >>> I know I have to get an IDE to SATA adapter. My question is; does my 2 >>> dvd >>> drives need to be connected to this adapter or do they connect to the >>> motherboard as normal ? Can I also use one SATA hard drive with >>> adapter and >>> a normal IDE hard drive connected to the mother board ? In order to >>> empty >>> the hard drive already fitted by dragging and dropping? >>> >>> The pc is 6 years old and a Hewlett Packard. >>> Any tips welcome >>> >>> John >>> -- >>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >>> >>> >>> >> >> You will need a PCI SATA card, they are <£10 on ebay and generally >> have 2 SATA ports on the cheaper ones. I have one with a VIA chipset >> and it works fine with all flavours of linux I have tried with it. >> Leave the other drives as they are, put the SATA PCI card in and >> connect the drive data cable to it. You will probably need an adaptor >> cable for the drive power as the newer SATA drives don't use a molex >> connector but a slimmer edge connector. The adaptor should only be a >> couple of quid. >> > I'd second this. Although I believe it is possible to get IDE to SATA > adaptors (to convert the IDE on the motherboard to SATA), I gather they > only work for one drive per IDE connector on the board, so I'd agree and > say getting a PCI SATA card would be your best bet. That way you can > leave all your IDE drives connected as they are. > All the IDE/SATA converters I've seen only allow one drive per cable. Besides the PCI SATA controller boards are cheaper. The one thing that confused me when I installed one is that the PCI card's drives become SDA and SDB and the Mobo's drives follow from there. So a bit of twiddling with FSTAB is required on existing installation. -- Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
