Re: [cobalt-users] Install larger HD in raq4i

["Mark" <MStanchin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok so It looks like 7200 rpm is out, so I guess I have to
stick with 5400 and ata 33......what about brand, should
I stay with Seagate?....or switch to IBM or Maxtor?

Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Timberlake" <bruce.timberlake@xxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Install larger HD in raq4i


> Gerald Waugh wrote:
> >
> > > > Hi friends!, Mark here , the new guy, I want to install a
> > > > new larger HD on my raq4i, before I start hosting, It
> > > > has a Seagate 20g - ata 33 5400 rpm. in now I want to
> > > > increase to 40gig. Can I replace with ata 66 or 100?...
> > >
> > > The drive controllers in the RaQ3 and RaQ4 are only ATA/33. You cannot
> > > use 7200RPM drives in them (I have only seen ATA/66 or ATA/100 7200RPM
> > > drives).
> > >
> > AFAIK ATA/66 and ATA/100 drives work on an ATA/33 system. They are
backwards
> > compatible. (7200 might be too hot though)
>
> I tried ATA/66 7200RPM drives in my own RaQ4, and they did not work. I
> never got beyond the "Loading kernel" message on the LCD. OS Restore was
> flaky too...
>
> Probably it was the power consumption that was the problem. There's not
> a lot of headroom in the RaQ's power supply.
>
> --
> Bruce Timberlake
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