Old laptop drive, perfect for /boot
Leo Mauler
webgiant at yahoo.com
Sun Dec 4 19:21:21 CST 2005
I'm always looking for used hard drives to mount as
/boot with older BIOSes that can't handle drives
bigger than 32GB/64GB/137GB.
I just took apart an old 386 DELL laptop and found
what is either a 30MB hard drive or an 80MB hard drive
(its either a CP 2034 or a CP 2084, there's something
stamped over what could be a 3 or an 8). With a 2.5"
to 3.5" converter I've just found a decent drive to
mount as /boot for an older BIOS. Of course, the
laptop is 10 years old so I can't be sure the drive
will function for much longer, but it should work long
enough for what I need.
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