Re: Cobalt Raq2 HD upgrade - Advice required

[Peter Horton <phorton@bitbox.co.uk>]

freshy98 wrote:
> Dominique Quatravaux wrote:
>
> > I'd like to beef up the machine, with more RAM and another HD for
> > backups. I found the appropriate Wiki page
> > (http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/Cobalt) and I believe I can deal with
> > the RAM part. OTOH as regards the hard drive, the page is a bit evasive:
> > exactly what kind of HD can I put there (one for a laptop perhaps)? Will
> > I need any duct tape to fasten the second disk? Is there anything
> > special I should know about the operation?
> All you need is a new IDE cable since the default one only has the 
> Master connector and you need the Slave as well.
> Apart from that it should be easy.
> Oh, you also need a Molex splitter since the default one is only good 
> for one drive.
If you have some soldering experience it's also quite easy to fit the 
components for the second IDE channel (it's just a handful of resistors, 
a diode and the connector IIRC).
P.