[ltp] 2nd HD
Dan Sawyer
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:50:59 -0700
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John,
I don't know about hotswap. What distro are you running? Where did you
get hotswap? Where are the sources?
I will give it a try.
- Dan
John Shane wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:34:27 -0700
> Dan Sawyer <dansawyer@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>> John,
>>
>> I have a similar disk on a T41; did you ever get hot swap to work?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> - Dan
>>
>
> Hi Dan, I hadn't tried until you asked. I recently installed the
> hotswap software though so I gave it a shot. Command line, xhotswap
> and khotswap all work for me. I tried removing an installed DVD and
> replaced it with a HD. Worked fine. Was able to mount the drive
> and work with files. Then I removed the HD and replaced it with the
> DVD again. Gxine wasn't happy at that point. Although the T23 was
> running fine, I had to reboot in order for the DVD drive to be
> recognized. I may have caused the problem by not unmounting the
> HD before swapping back to the DVD. You think? ;-) Haven't gone back
> to check that yet although I'd expect a warning message or just plain
> unmounting the drive before telling me to proceed. Anyway, it's not
> perfect but better than crashing as it did before when removing a
> device. John
>
>> 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 don't know about hotswap. What distro are you running? Where did you
get hotswap? Where are the sources? <br>
<br>
I will give it a try.<br>
<br>
- Dan <br>
<br>
John Shane wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:34:27 -0700
Dan Sawyer <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dansawyer@earthlink.net"><dansawyer@earthlink.net></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">John,
I have a similar disk on a T41; did you ever get hot swap to work?
Thanks,
- Dan
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Hi Dan, I hadn't tried until you asked. I recently installed the
hotswap software though so I gave it a shot. Command line, xhotswap
and khotswap all work for me. I tried removing an installed DVD and
replaced it with a HD. Worked fine. Was able to mount the drive
and work with files. Then I removed the HD and replaced it with the
DVD again. Gxine wasn't happy at that point. Although the T23 was
running fine, I had to reboot in order for the DVD drive to be
recognized. I may have caused the problem by not unmounting the
HD before swapping back to the DVD. You think? ;-) Haven't gone back
to check that yet although I'd expect a warning message or just plain
unmounting the drive before telling me to proceed. Anyway, it's not
perfect but better than crashing as it did before when removing a
device. John
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<pre wrap="">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"><nogueira@fcm.unicamp.br></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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<pre wrap="">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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