On Mon, 17 May 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>sorry, I know this is not really a Linux-related question, but I just
>could not figure out where I could find information, and I have seen
>some very knowledgeable people posting here (I actually remember
>a floppy disk emergency rescue operation...). If this is really off
>topic and you know a more appropriate place where I could post,
>please let me know.
>
>Back to my questions:
>I plan to upgrade my good old 1.5 Gb hard disk to a bigger one. I
>am the happy owner of a Toshiba Portege 300 CT.
>
>I did a search on DejaNews,
In Ireland we have a stock reply to strangers who stop us and ask for
Directions: "You know, If I were you, I wouldn't start from here at
all!"
You have a Toshiba - right? Toshiba have expensive propietary
components, so they can rip you off on spares. Knowing what disk you
can put where requires a knowledge of the options on your Toshiba.
Unless you can find a Toshiba dealer to break ranks, or talk too much,
my advice is get a quote for getting ripped off. What does the dealer
say will work, and how much?
Hard disks on an ide bus in general are backward compatible, i.e. mode
4 disks will run on mode 3, etc. So if your new disk supports fancy
dma requests, and your bus doesn't, they won't fall out over that. Heat
is Watts. Watts = Volts x Amps on each supply rail, all added. That's
easy.
I still say - let your dealer do the smoke test with your new hard disk
;-). It's safer and easier. But of course, nobody running Linux is
interested in the easy safe option, are they ??:))
--
Regards
Declan Moriarty
