[ltp] 2nd HD

Dan Sawyer linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:34:27 -0700 

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John,

I have a similar disk on a T41; did you ever get hot swap to work?

Thanks,

- Dan

John Shane wrote:
> On Wed, 03 May 2006 08:33:52 -0300
> Eduardo Nogueira <nogueira@fcm.unicamp.br> wrote:
>
>   
>> Greetings
>>
>> I work with a Thinkpad T42 and want to  add a 2nd HD with
>> ultrabay slim adapter 62P4554. I have read in think-wiki that
>> Thinkpad recognizes this 2nd HD on boot time as /dev/hdc.
>> My (naive) question is how do I proceed from this point,
>> like format the drive, etc. My distribution is SuSE 9.3
>>
>> Thanks for your attention
>>
>>
>> Eduardo
>>     
>
> Bon dia. I use the same arrangement with a Thinkpad T23.  I have an
> extra HD that is mounted in an ultrabay adapter that I use from time
> to time. It is indeed recognized as /dev/hdc4.  Because it was
> formerly my primary drive in the laptop it still has all the old
> partitions. I'm only interested in one of the partitions and I added
> the following entry to my /etc/fstab :
>
> /dev/hdc4       /hd2    reiserfs        defaults        0       0
>
> When the laptop boots with the second drive installed in the
> ultrabay the laptop finds the drive and mounts the one partition hdc4
> on /hd2 (just an arbitrary directory I created).  As I use my TP any
> references to /hd2 access the second drive. When the second drive is
> not in the ultrabay slot when the laptop boots it just carries on
> with the DVD or battery, whatever is there. It's very convenient.
>
> If you are comfortable with fdisk just boot your TP with the second
> drive installed and then use fdisk to partition and format the drive
> at /dev/hdc.  Then edit fstab to reflect the additional drive and
> partitions.
>
> HTH, Joao
>   

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John,<br>
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I have a similar disk on a T41; did you ever get hot swap to work? <br>
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Thanks,<br>
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- Dan <br>
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John Shane wrote:
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  <pre wrap="">On Wed, 03 May 2006 08:33:52 -0300
Eduardo Nogueira <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nogueira@fcm.unicamp.br">&lt;nogueira@fcm.unicamp.br&gt;</a> wrote:

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    <pre wrap="">Greetings

I work with a Thinkpad T42 and want to  add a 2nd HD with
ultrabay slim adapter 62P4554. I have read in think-wiki that
Thinkpad recognizes this 2nd HD on boot time as /dev/hdc.
My (naive) question is how do I proceed from this point,
like format the drive, etc. My distribution is SuSE 9.3

Thanks for your attention


Eduardo
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Bon dia. I use the same arrangement with a Thinkpad T23.  I have an
extra HD that is mounted in an ultrabay adapter that I use from time
to time. It is indeed recognized as /dev/hdc4.  Because it was
formerly my primary drive in the laptop it still has all the old
partitions. I'm only interested in one of the partitions and I added
the following entry to my /etc/fstab :

/dev/hdc4       /hd2    reiserfs        defaults        0       0

When the laptop boots with the second drive installed in the
ultrabay the laptop finds the drive and mounts the one partition hdc4
on /hd2 (just an arbitrary directory I created).  As I use my TP any
references to /hd2 access the second drive. When the second drive is
not in the ultrabay slot when the laptop boots it just carries on
with the DVD or battery, whatever is there. It's very convenient.

If you are comfortable with fdisk just boot your TP with the second
drive installed and then use fdisk to partition and format the drive
at /dev/hdc.  Then edit fstab to reflect the additional drive and
partitions.

HTH, Joao
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