Hello Roy.

03 Sep 03 04:06, you wrote to me:

 RT> I dunno.  I'm not real happy with the situation as it sits right now.
 RT> Probably gonna move the setup that's currently on hda1 to that 4G
 RT> drive I have sitting here,  and make _it_ be hda.  Maybe I'll move the
 RT> 1G drive that's in there now hdd,  or something.  Assuming I can find
 RT> that HOWTO you mentioned a while back about how to do this.  :-)

/usr/doc/Linux-mini-HOWTOs/Hard-Disk-Upgrade
It is your friend.

 RT> I would sure like to have a "standard" power supply that
would accept
 RT> 12 volts in as well as line power,  and both charge a set of batteries
 RT> and run off them when line power went away.  Maybe even not charge
 RT> them,  I could deal with that externally,  if I had to.

I am thinking along that line but still am holding my ground as to minimal
power consumption no matter if AC or DC.  Also the gel batteries as backup
since they will go the distance.  If I were considering handhelds then I'd
obviously have to alter that way of thinking.  However, if I am thinking of
an onboard computer system in a vehicle, such as boats, planes, cars,
trucks, etc. then the gel batteries make perfect sense, especially for
boats as they also use gel batteries as a rule.  However so does a powered
wheelchair which is what started this way of thinking in the first place.

 RT> Backup?  :-)

Heh, heh.

 RT> I'll be doing this from one drive to another before I try and do it
 RT> "in place" on any given drive...

Sounds good.

Maurice

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