On 2/20/07, William Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have the opportunity to a) upgrade to Fedora 5 and b) buy a Seagate
160MB internal hard drive, hopefully to facilitate the Fedora.
It's a Fujitsu S Series Lifebook.
I've not done this before. Would the new hard drive "fit" the laptop and
would it give the BIOS a hard time?
You are aware that most notebooks don't use the regulation 3.5 inch disk, right?
Notebooks use a 2.5 inch {or sometimes smaller} disk specifically
designed for restricted space.
Depending on the model Lifebook, the "default" specifications indicate
they'll support up to a 120 gig drive from the factory - the BIOS will
usually support larger than the factory installed device, so I'd
tentatively say you'll be OK from a capacity point of view, however
depending on model, they might only support SATA drives - the current
market ones only do SATA - I don't know how old your lifebook is, so
there's no way of me knowing which ATA standard it uses.
Look here http://www.lifebook.com.au/?pageID=Category&id=1 for specs, and
here http://www.lifebook.com.au/?pageID=Support for support. There are
BIOS updates for most models, but again without knowing which model it
is I'm not gonna say yours will specifically work.
Any help etc. I should point out that I'll take the Windows-laden hard
drive and store it elsewhere. I do have some standards.
You should encase it in lead and bury it. That way the world will be
safe from its contamination!
DaZZa
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