Re: Expanding IDE drive set

z-man wrote:

On 09/21/2006 11:59 PM, AZ Nomad wrote:
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:50:10 GMT, z-man <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Put the backup hard drive into a usb2 case. It'll be slower, but you
won't risk losing everything if your power supply goes unregulated.

OK, that's sensible; but what about scheduled (automatic) backup? I'd
like a hot backup (I say: a nightly backup while the machine is fully
operative), not a cold one (I say: an assisted backup). If the
external unit has an independent PSU, how should I coordinate its
power-on time for unattended execution when the scheduled backup
triggers?

Get a usb powered one. Although AFAIK that limits you to notebook 2.5"
drives, which don't have to same capacity as 3.5" drives - 160Gb max
plus higher cost.

If you haven't bought the multimedia HD, you should consider getting
it in SATA form and buyng a SATA controller card (and forget previous
idea).

As I said in another post of this thread, my motherboard (ASUS
P4P800-X)
has 2 on-board SATA ports but their configuration is problematic
(any
idea to solve this?).


Without knowing any specifics it's hard to say. I have heard of people
having this problem when trying to install Linux on a SATA drive and
installing on IDE using 'legacy' mode. Then with linux already
installed you *might* be able to find an appropriate driver for SATA
controller to mount further drives.

It looks like you've got an Intel 865PE chipset with a ICH5 sata
controller, which should be supported in linux although you'll probably
need to get a more recent kernel.
.

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