[ltp] 2nd HDD in Multibay (600x)

Boyan linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Tue, 2 Oct 2001 13:11:26 +0200 (CEST)


Thanks, nice to hear that it works. The next related questions are: Is it
possible to boot different operating systems from the hdd in the multibay?
Can it be somehow automated or will a change in bios needed every
time the multibay is booted?

On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Brian Button wrote:

> Boyan,
>
> I have a 770X, but I have recently installed a 2nd HDD, and it works great.
> I'm not trying to boot off of it, but I see no reason why it couldn't. For
> my system, I had to make sure that the drive had a caddy, and then buy a 2nd
> HDD adapter from Bolder, CO IBM. It works great, though.
>
> I can answer with more details if you like, like part numbers. BTW, be
> persistent when working with the IBM folks on this one. I had several of
> them give me different answers, and I just had to buy individual parts until
> I had everything I needed. Or you can just ask Bill Morrow
> (http://www.thinkpads.com) what you need.
>
> bab
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Boyan" <bt@wiwi.uni-bonn.de>
> To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 10:36 AM
> Subject: [ltp] 2nd HDD in Multibay (600x)
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > slowly and surely my 12Gb Hdd in the 600x 5FG is feeling quite small for
> > the software I use. I wander if anyone of you have used the option of a
> > second harddrive in the CDrom bay?
> >
> > Would a multibay hdd work under linux or should I better leave linux on
> > the original hdd and load w98 in the multibay? Or is it just not worth the
> > price and efforts and should I simply buy an external PCMCIA hdd?
> >
> > Thanks for any advice or reply,
> > Boyan.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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