I want to change out the drive on my linux box running FC2. What steps will I need to take to get the new drive operational. With windows it was no problem but don't have the knowledge about linux yet but I am getting there.
Thanks
On Sun, 2004-08-29 at 22:18, Bill Tetens wrote:
I want to change out the drive on my linux box running FC2. What steps will I need to take to get the new drive operational. With windows it was no problem but don't have the knowledge about linux yet but I am getting there.
Thanks
For the most part you should just replace the drive and reboot. Kudzu should recognize the change and prompt you if you want to remove the old driver (say yes) then prompt you to add/configure the new drive (say yes).
You may want to try and verify if the drive you have chosen is directly supported or needs any special drivers. However for these type of drives I don't think you will have much problem.
I have taken the harddrive from one linux system and installed it in a system with a different motherboard. When I booted the system removed a bunch of stuff and added the new items for that system. Have done this several times. The only problem I encountered was the system did not update the xorg.conf correctly for the new video chip set. In this case the new mother board had a SIS type chip set. I logged in in text mode and edited the xorg.conf file with the correct information and rebooted. Everything then worked just fine.
Bill Tetens wrote:
I want to change out the drive on my linux box running FC2. What steps will I need to take to get the new drive operational. With windows it was no problem but don't have the knowledge about linux yet but I am getting there.
Thanks
Bill:
I did just what you are describing a month ago: swapped a CDRW for a DVD/CDRW. The installation without a hitch as far as the CD side of things go, but getting commercial DVDs to play was another story. There are many different DVD players out there for your FC2 machine, but the only one that works for me is Totem. Assuming you have your /etc/yum.conf config'd similarly to that found at fedorafaq.org, then you can get your DVD player to play commercial DVDs with the following:
1. open a terminal 2. su 3. give it your password 4. yum install libdvd* libmad* totem* 5. after the installation is complete, type exit 6. after the installation, try popping in a commercial DVD and starting Totem from the command line. You'll get a message that you need to be patient while it readies the DVD playback. It'll take Totem anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or so to decode the DVD.
Now the first time I tried Totem after the installation, I got a blue screen but audio playback -- I don't know why, but when I ran Totem as root just once, it worked and has been working fine since then for all users. Maybe it was a total fluke, but that was my experience. Other users like Xine, MPlayer, and other players, but I simply have not been able to get them to work. Totem works for me, so that's what I've stuck with for DVD playback.
Hope this helps, Clint
clint@penguinsolutions.org wrote:
Bill Tetens wrote:
I want to change out the drive on my linux box running FC2. What steps will I need to take to get the new drive operational. With windows it was no problem but don't have the knowledge about linux yet but I am getting there.
Thanks
Bill:
I did just what you are describing a month ago: swapped a CDRW for a DVD/CDRW. The installation without a hitch as far as the CD side of things go, but getting commercial DVDs to play was another story. There are many different DVD players out there for your FC2 machine, but the only one that works for me is Totem. Assuming you have your /etc/yum.conf config'd similarly to that found at fedorafaq.org, then you can get your DVD player to play commercial DVDs with the following:
- open a terminal
- su
- give it your password
- yum install libdvd* libmad* totem*
- after the installation is complete, type exit
- after the installation, try popping in a commercial DVD and starting
Totem from the command line. You'll get a message that you need to be patient while it readies the DVD playback. It'll take Totem anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or so to decode the DVD.
Now the first time I tried Totem after the installation, I got a blue screen but audio playback -- I don't know why, but when I ran Totem as root just once, it worked and has been working fine since then for all users. Maybe it was a total fluke, but that was my experience. Other users like Xine, MPlayer, and other players, but I simply have not been able to get them to work. Totem works for me, so that's what I've stuck with for DVD playback.
Hope this helps, Clint
Thanks for the help. Will install the new drive as soon as OOPS delivers it. One more question - How do you if a drive is directly supported? I am adding to my knowledge base as fast as I can.
Thanks