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Hi, |
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So far I have building servers for internal use, using Compact Flash on |
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IDE connector. Using ext3 file system. Only about a year of use. So far |
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it is great. |
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Just got a simple cheap Dell tower server with AMD opteron chip. The |
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motherboard has no IDE connector. I think more and more motherboards are |
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coming with only SATA connectors. |
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The good thing is that the motherboard has a internal usb connector. |
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That means that a 4Gb thumb drive can be connected onto the motherboard |
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internally. |
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Now I have a choice of getting a SATA to CF adaptor or just a thumb |
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drive. Which way should I go? Thumb Drive or CF? |
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Second problem. |
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I loved using CF on IDE because of the the drive is called hda instead |
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of sda. This way it is very easy to call on the hda to boot up without |
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confusing with the data drives on the SATA. |
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Need to find a way to fix the naming of the drives regardless of how |
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many drives are connected. I always had the problem of the names of |
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drives changing when one of the drives is removed and then rebooted. It |
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will try to boot up from the wrong drive. If anyone knows of the |
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solution, please share. |
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P.V.Anthony |
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