[ltp] SATA harddisk in ThinkPad T42

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Ultrabay_Slim_SATA_HDD_Adapter
> 
> and that this one can be used in a ThinkPad T42 as well, if that "black 
> plastic grommet at the back that restricts its use to the 60 series 
> ThinkPads" is removed.

Just get one for the T4x...  BTW, it has a PATA-SATA bridge inside.

> But then altough I do not use the DVD/CDRW drive that often, I bet hot 
> plugging that ultrabay harddisk might pose a problem. Any experiences?

It just works.  Hot*un*plugging can be much nicer (and safer for your data
and disk heads) with some udev help, look for info in thinkwiki.

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh