Bruno Buys wrote: > Nikolai Hlubek wrote: [...] >> Just get yourself a IDE (raid) controller card. The cheapest will do >> since you are not going to use any of the raid features. I got one for >> 10 euros. >> >> Install Linux on the original hard disk and attach your modern ones to >> the IDE controller. My file server (P1 133MHz) now has the extraordinary >> capacity of 0.5 TB (read terra byte ;-)). [...] > Nikolai, > I considered building such a server. How did you cope with the power > requirement of your modern discs? Are you using the original power > supply of the P133 in this file server?
Hi Bruno, hi everyone First I removed every unnecessary compenent including the floppy drive. (I'm not sure if it would also be possible to remove the graphics card.) Now, I only have the following devices in the PC: 1x mainboard 1x graphics card 1x old hard disk 1x ide controller card 1x ethernet card 4x modern hard disk 2x hard disk fan At first I also had an usb 2.0 card inserted and the system had trouble booting. It only worked every once in a while. I'm not sure what was the problem here, because removing the hard disks did not help. Maybe usb needs a lot more power? I also was considering buying a new power supply but for now I've been using the original one with the above setup (without usb card) and the system has been running stable for a month now. So I guess everything is all right. When I get home today and find some time I will have a look at the power supply but I believe it has around 250W or so. Nikolai -- "1984" is not a howto! Égalité (+ 1848) Fraternité (+ 1914) Liberté (+ 2001) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
