More like 'portable' than 'laptop' then, I suppose. I refer to mine as a 'deskbook'. ;) Stephen wrote: > Desktop replacements aren't known for battery life.. unless you count > the shortest possible... SLI graphics raided HDD and sometimes Desktop > CPU's.... you get the idea. > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Eric Shubert wrote: >> I should think that'd put a real strain on the battery. Unless of course >> they're SSDs. :) >> >> Stephen wrote: >>> I have built several including a few with 3 drives in raid 5. they do >>> exist, just not common unless you get into some of the more desktop >>> replacement systems. most mainstream Tier 1/2 vendors just use one to >>> save space/cost/complexity >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Eric Shubert wrote: >>>> Lisa Kachold wrote: >>>>> Gee, >>>>> >>>>> Anyone know an easy tool or procedure to make a standard Laptop C and D >>>>> drive no longer mirrored instead 2 usable drives? >>>>> >>>>> I heard a rumor that you can boot into say Knoppix and use gpartd? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Office: (480)307-8707 >>>>> AT&T: (503)754-4452 >>>>> >>>> That doesn't sound right. Are you sure that the drive D is a mirror, and >>>> not >>>> a recovery partition? Mirroring to a separate partition on the same drive >>>> would seem to me to be pointless, and I've never heard of a Laptop with 2 >>>> HDDs. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -Eric 'shubes' >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >> >> -- >> -Eric 'shubes' >> >> --------------------------------------------------- -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss