Matt Jones wrote: > On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 6:17 PM, John Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is not a linux question as such but I know someone will know the >> answer! >> >> My computers hard drive is full. I have finally persuaded the Missus to have >> a go at Ubuntu. I would like to buy a 500 gig SATA hard drive Partition it >> half for Wind**s and Ubuntu as the main. >> >> I know I have to get an IDE to SATA adapter. My question is; does my 2 dvd >> drives need to be connected to this adapter or do they connect to the >> motherboard as normal ? Can I also use one SATA hard drive with adapter and >> a normal IDE hard drive connected to the mother board ? In order to empty >> the hard drive already fitted by dragging and dropping? >> >> The pc is 6 years old and a Hewlett Packard. >> Any tips welcome >> >> John >> -- >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> >> >> > > You will need a PCI SATA card, they are <£10 on ebay and generally > have 2 SATA ports on the cheaper ones. I have one with a VIA chipset > and it works fine with all flavours of linux I have tried with it. > Leave the other drives as they are, put the SATA PCI card in and > connect the drive data cable to it. You will probably need an adaptor > cable for the drive power as the newer SATA drives don't use a molex > connector but a slimmer edge connector. The adaptor should only be a > couple of quid. > I'd second this. Although I believe it is possible to get IDE to SATA adaptors (to convert the IDE on the motherboard to SATA), I gather they only work for one drive per IDE connector on the board, so I'd agree and say getting a PCI SATA card would be your best bet. That way you can leave all your IDE drives connected as they are.
Rob -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
