[ltp] 2nd hard drive

[Paul Kaplan]

On Friday 11 January 2008 8:51:39 am Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, Paul Kaplan wrote:
> > On Thursday 10 January 2008 10:08:54 am Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > > On Wed, 09 Jan 2008, Paul Kaplan wrote:
> > > > I have a ultrabay hard disk drive caddy for a T41 that worked for a
> > > > T40, but doesn't seem to work on a T43.  The caddy fits into the
> > > > ultrabay slot on the T43, but the drive isn't recognized.
> > >
> > > Hmm? I have the same, and it just works with libata.  I did buy the
> > > caddy for the "T43", but AFAIK, that's the same one of the T41...
> > >
> > > It is this one: http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/UltraBay_Slim_HDD_Adapter
> >
> > Looks the same and the page indicates that it is for all three machine
> > types. Any idea why the drive isn't recognized on the T43?  Both machines
> > are running Kubuntu 7.10.
>
> No idea.  On a CONFIG_IDE-less kernel (i.e. all goes through libata), it
> just works (and drives are all under the SCSI layer).  The hot*un*plug
> needs a script to avoid a lot of noise from the kernel (you have to scsiadd
> -d the device before you remove it from the ultrabay), but that's it. 
> Hotplug just works automagically.
>
> Just a simple question: does the ultrabay in your T43 work fine with an
> optical device?
>
Yes the optical drive works as does a spare battery for the ultrabay...AND I 
can hot swap between the two.  It's just the hard drive that isn't 
recognized.  It's almost as if there's some pins that are too small in the 
newer machine.
Paul