While this is not specifically a *nix problem, it''s related, and there''s no hardware board (that I saw anyway), so I thought I''d post it here. I''ve got an old IBM 486 that I thought it would be cool to run Linux on, so I went out and picked up a used 3.2 GB IDE drive and put it in another computer of mine that has a cd drive. I installed Red Hat 7.3 on it with plans of putting it in my 486. Problem. My 486 has an scsi drive in it and the cable is too wide to fit the IDE drive I just bought, also the only other spot on the motherboard for a ribbon cable is too wide as well. So, here''s the question: Is there some type of ribbon cable adapter I can get to patch the scsi cable to the IDE one so I can use this new drive? Or am I up the creek with an incompatible boat?

There''s these:
http://www.synetic.net/Misc-Prod/SCSI-to-IDE-PIC.htm

But those are fairly expensive. It''d be loads cheaper to find yourself a "new" 486.

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If you cd drive is an IDE then that is where the Hard Drive should go.

Nah, your screwed, you''ll either have to buy a new motherboard, a new hard drive, or give up...

You can get Distributions designed to run on floppies...

Do a net install onto the 486''s scsi drive...

unfortunately I can''t use the scsi that''s in it, it''s only a 400 MB drive. I think I''m screwed. Oh well, thanks for the help guys.

You can pull off a 400MB linux install +)

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