Hi All:
I'm getting ready to install the Server edition of RH9 so I can host my website, FTP site, sendmail, and anything else I can think of. The problem is I'm new to Linux and what little I know seems to be bogging me down on the planning stage. I guess I can give it a shot, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to hit complications because I've tried something similar before... but before I get any further, I'll lay it out so you can decide.
I have a BP6 with dualie 500Mhz Celery chips and 384MB's of RAM. I have an old skool IBM Deskstar HD that has 6Gig's of space. I have a new OEM Western Digital drive sporting 160GB's of space. I'd obviously like to use the WD drive, but I'd also like to use HPT366 Ultra ATA/66 channel so I can get the performance I'm looking for in a server... can I just plug it in and see if the RH CD will recognize it? Don't I need the drivers? Last I looked, the RH CD didn't work the same way as Windows does and ask for the appropriate SCSI/ATA drivers... or do I have to do an install first on my 6Gig drive and then add on the 160Gig?
TIA,
_merker19
PS --Hyperspace, that Q6 VTT ($2) Fix works great. My bp6 couldn't be happier... well maybe it could... an upgrade of memory!
RH9: How should I install HD's?
RH9: How should I install HD's?
Abit BP6 mobo (BIOS RU)
2 500Mhz Celeron CPU's
Voltage Regulator mod applied!
640MB RAM
3dfx Voodoo 3000 16MB
IBM 14Gig HD
Western Digital ATA/100 160Gig HD (on HPT366)
3Com 10/100 NIC
Pioneer 8x CD-ROM
Ricoh 2x CD-RW
Windows 2000 Server, SP4
2 500Mhz Celeron CPU's
Voltage Regulator mod applied!
640MB RAM
3dfx Voodoo 3000 16MB
IBM 14Gig HD
Western Digital ATA/100 160Gig HD (on HPT366)
3Com 10/100 NIC
Pioneer 8x CD-ROM
Ricoh 2x CD-RW
Windows 2000 Server, SP4
Hmm, you might be better off using the 6Gb drive on the normal ide as a system drive, then use the 160Gb drive as storage for your site and ftp etc.. Then if you ever need to reinstall there is not a problem of backing stuff up. (I use this method in windows as well).
As for which controler to use for the 160Gb, I am unsure, some say the HPT366 is unstable therefore it might not be wise to use it in a server.
I dont normaly use it on mine but recently I have had too due to the amount of drives in the machine so I put the system drive onto the HPT366 on the theory it dosent matter too much as that drive has no important data on and that it will help the general speed of the machine.
Linux has HPT366 suport built into the kernel, so it should just work. Other wise install it on the normal IDE and add the suport for the HPT366 and then move it to the HPT366.
As for which controler to use for the 160Gb, I am unsure, some say the HPT366 is unstable therefore it might not be wise to use it in a server.
I dont normaly use it on mine but recently I have had too due to the amount of drives in the machine so I put the system drive onto the HPT366 on the theory it dosent matter too much as that drive has no important data on and that it will help the general speed of the machine.
Linux has HPT366 suport built into the kernel, so it should just work. Other wise install it on the normal IDE and add the suport for the HPT366 and then move it to the HPT366.
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Re: RH9: How should I install HD's?
Great News!merker19 wrote:PS --Hyperspace, that Q6 VTT ($2) Fix works great. My bp6 couldn't be happier... well maybe it could... an upgrade of memory!
Awesome. Thanks for the input. I finally installed RH9 and I pretty much let RH do its thing and accepted all the automatic settings. RH setup my HD as follows:
HD 1 (on IDE Channel 1)
\boot
FREE SPACE
HD 2 (on HPT366 Channel 1)
\
SWAP
It seems to be running fine. The only problem I'm experiencing is connecting my internal IDE Zip 100 drive. Every time I connect it, the RH bootup process hangs on it and spews out "Lost Interrupt." Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks in advance.
_merker19
HD 1 (on IDE Channel 1)
\boot
FREE SPACE
HD 2 (on HPT366 Channel 1)
\
SWAP
It seems to be running fine. The only problem I'm experiencing is connecting my internal IDE Zip 100 drive. Every time I connect it, the RH bootup process hangs on it and spews out "Lost Interrupt." Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks in advance.
_merker19
Thanks Homer. I don't know if it'll work after removing the line, but it's worth a shot.
_merker19
_merker19
Abit BP6 mobo (BIOS RU)
2 500Mhz Celeron CPU's
Voltage Regulator mod applied!
640MB RAM
3dfx Voodoo 3000 16MB
IBM 14Gig HD
Western Digital ATA/100 160Gig HD (on HPT366)
3Com 10/100 NIC
Pioneer 8x CD-ROM
Ricoh 2x CD-RW
Windows 2000 Server, SP4
2 500Mhz Celeron CPU's
Voltage Regulator mod applied!
640MB RAM
3dfx Voodoo 3000 16MB
IBM 14Gig HD
Western Digital ATA/100 160Gig HD (on HPT366)
3Com 10/100 NIC
Pioneer 8x CD-ROM
Ricoh 2x CD-RW
Windows 2000 Server, SP4