On Sunday 18 September 2005 9:14 pm, Earl Gibbs wrote: > Keith Powell wrote: > > I have two basic hardware questions, concerning hard drives in > > trays which plug into the computer. > > > > Firstly, if there are several hard drives, each with a different > > OS on, should they all be of the same make and model? Will > > booting from drives of different makes "confuse" the BIOS, or > > doesn't it care? > > > > Secondly, does it matter if some trays are labelled UDMA133 and > > others UDMA60/100 - assuming they all slot into the same carrier? > > > > Hope the answer to both questions is that it doesn't matter - > > it'll get me out of a bit of a mess!! > > > > Sorry this isn't directly related to Mandriva! > > > > Thanks for any advice. > > > > Keith > > Keith > > I have used trays for several years and the UDMA133 and UDMA60/100 > has not caused any problems. My system has seven hard drives, six > for different OS, one for data (which is fat32 and available to all > OS). > > Your BIOS need to be set to AUTO detect - of the hard drives . > > By the way I am using very cheap plastic trays. Some as cheap as > $10. > > This is much better than dual booting and lets you know for sure > that a problem with one OS is not a hardware problem. > Also if you have a detection problem you can see what drivers other > OS use to run your hardware. > > Earl Gibbs
Earl. Thank you for your reply. I have been using trays for over two years now, without any problems. Like you, I much prefer keeping the different OS's completely separate rather than multi-booting. One tray's connector/ribbon cable has definitely gone faulty, and another's is suspicious. (too much changing around of the hard drives inside them!) I have a couple of old UDMA66/100 trays not used, so that is why I asked about mixing 66/100 and 133. Also, for the past three or four days, the computer has started doing peculiar things (which I won't bore the list with). I have a mixture of hard drives and was wondering if that could suddenly be having any bearing on the problem. It will be a week or more before I can get to my nearest computer shop, so I wanted an interim solution. Thanks again for your reply. Cheers Keith
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