[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: laptop module hard drive

[Thomas Cameron]

Fred James wrote:
> All
> (in particular it is an old Dell Latitude C840 (PP01X)
> Mandriva 2007
> Mobil Intel Pentium 4 M 1.8 GHz
> 512 MB memory
> 40 GB Hard drive
>  - if that makes a difference)
> 
> In looking into a new hard drive for the little guy, I ran across 
> something called a modular bay hard drive - put it in the second bay 
> instead of the floppy, second battery, or whatever.
> 
> Anyone had any experience with such a thing, particularly running under 
> Linux?  Really just wondering if they run, and run well, but I should 
> like to any pro/con you may have to offer.
> 
> Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to offer
> Regards
> Fred James

Fred -

I use modular bays frequently.  They seem to work very well, no problems
here.

Thomas