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| From | philo <philo@privacy.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.hardware |
| Subject | Re: external Sata II disks on ubuntu system |
| Date | 2014-01-28 19:07 -0600 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <lc9k8f$sll$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <52e83d1b$0$52747$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> <lc9hrj$han$1@dont-email.me> <52E8506A.2090004@sonic.net> |
On 01/28/2014 06:50 PM, David McCall wrote: > >> >> >> I have one but noticed that the external drive is not necessarily hot >> pluggable. > > possibly, it's an old Dell Power Edge 1900 and I haven't looked inside in > 5 years or so......... > > it says this is there: > > 02:0e.0 RAID bus controller: Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID controller 5 > > /dev/sda1 461G 11G 428G 3% / > /dev/sdb1 458G 51G 385G 12% /var/www > > I pretty sure these are the only 2 internal disks.........and > the Dell support won't talk to me w/o $$ > > I really need to add a couple of 2-3 TB disks on this system and am > looking for a reasonable solution. > >X Ok, so it may not even have SATA headers on the mobo (or if so, would not be SATA-II) As far as getting a controller it should not be terribly critical other than to get PCI rather than PCIe...since it's an older mobo which I assume is PCI only This is a few years old but should give you an idea http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/237681-50-linux-compatible-sata-expansion-cards BTW: I might have some RAM for that if you need any
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external Sata II disks on ubuntu system David McCall <horus@sonic.net> - 2014-01-28 15:27 -0800
Re: external Sata II disks on ubuntu system philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-01-28 18:26 -0600
Re: external Sata II disks on ubuntu system David McCall <horus@sonic.net> - 2014-01-28 16:50 -0800
Re: external Sata II disks on ubuntu system philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-01-28 19:07 -0600
Re: external Sata II disks on ubuntu system David McCall <horus@sonic.net> - 2014-01-28 16:52 -0800
Re: external Sata II disks on ubuntu system David McCall <horus@sonic.net> - 2014-01-28 17:04 -0800
Re: external Sata II disks on ubuntu system David McCall <horus@sonic.net> - 2014-01-31 12:44 -0800
Re: external Sata II disks on ubuntu system philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-01-31 15:17 -0600
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