Upgrading Series 2 Capacity Using an Older Computer

[vasilemj]

I have purchased a 750GB hard drive and have also paid for the latest version of Instant Cake for my model TCD140060. However, I have a computer that is nearly 8 years old and while it does have 2 IDE ports on the motherboard as recommended by DVRUpgrade, I'm positive that the motherboard/BIOS won't support a hard drive greater than 137GB. In fact, when I added a second hard drive to my computer, I had to go out and purchase a separate PCI card that the drive plugged into that would allow my computer to recognize the newer, high-capacity drive.

If I follow the instructions provided by DVRUpgrade for using Instant Cake, will I run into any problems? I understand that LBA48 support is on the boot disk but does my motherboard/BIOS also need to support it as well?

[BigBearf]

Upgrading Series 2 Capacity Using an Older Computer

Vasilemj,
I use an ancient Dell Pentium II 300 for tivo upgrades and have zippered many HR10s with 750 GB Seagate Drives with no problems.

Just give it a try and I think it will work.

BigBearf

Hope

[vasilemj]

Well, sure enough, everything worked out fine. Apparently the BIOS/Motherboard limitations of an older computer don't matter as long as you have an updated bootcd.

Thanks!

[stamasd]

Yeah. Linux doesn't use bios calls to access IDE devices, so those limitations are moot.

[sk33t3r]

As long as you know what drive is where (hda, hdb, hdX)