Help! I've screwed up my computer!

Igor Gueths igueths at lava-net.com
Sun Mar 14 16:09:56 EST 2004


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I'd be curious to see how Linux handled those type of disk cabinets. 
Wonder if they actually register as an md device (since I assume they 
are hardware raided), or if they are just registered as an sda device?
On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 03:13:23PM -0500, Alex Snow wrote:
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> yeah but not hot swappable. those hot-swap drive bays are usually scsi 
> and most common in servers so if a drive fails, another drive in the 
> raid takes over and the dead drive can easily be removee. I was 
> looking at an intel "hudson" server case a year or so ago that had 
> these.
> On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 02:57:24PM -0500, Igor Gueths wrote:
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> > Hmm. Is this similar to a hot swapable disk cabinet (a mini version)?
> > On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 01:30:13PM -0500, Tom and Esther Ward wrote:
> > > Glenn, the last Trios I installed in a system blew out three hard drives and
> > > a mother board.  Those things can be quite dangerous, but I found a far
> > > better solution than the trios.
> > > I bought the removable drive trays in which you hook the tray up to your
> > > IDE, put each hard drive in a tray, and insert or eject the hard drive you
> > > want or don't want   based on which drive and os you want.
> > > For example I have a Western Digital drive with XP on it, but if I want to
> > > switch to Mandrake 9.2 I can shutdown pull out the XP hard drive tray and
> > > insert the Mandrake drive,   in the slot and back up and running in Linux in
> > > a minute or two.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Glenn Ervin at Home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net>
> > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 10:02 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Help! I've screwed up my computer!
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > Here's a solution to trying to multi-boot:
> > > > http://www.romtecusa.com/trios/product/rom_t2_main.htm
> > > > I have one of these cards.
> > > > It was only about 30 dollars after the rebate.
> > > > It comes with a switch on a cable which comes out of the back of the
> > > > computer.
> > > > You cannot accidentally switch drives after the computer has started.
> > > > You can have a different operating system on 3 different drives.
> > > > I really like it.
> > > > Glenn.
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Krister Ekstrom" <crisekstrom at bredband.net>
> > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 4:55 AM
> > > > Subject: Help! I've screwed up my computer!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi to the list.
> > > > I've installed Debian Sarge on my main computer, an IBM Net vista with
> > > > 2.4 gig processor and two hard drives in it, one 120-gig and one 40-gig.
> > > > I have dedicated the 40-gig hard drive for Linux and have Windows XP Pro
> > > > on the bigger drive. I have installed Grub as my boot loader and am now
> > > > trying to start Windows but i can't. Debian starts with no problems but
> > > > Windows doesn't. During the installation i got no option for configuring
> > > > for dual boot, so i wonder if there's a possibility to do this now after
> > > > installation or if i have to reinstall Debian or remove it alltogether
> > > > and if so if it's possible to uninstall Grub to replace or reinstall it
> > > > or how should i go about?
> > > > Thanks for any help!
> > > > --
> > > > /Krister
> > > >
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