[SunRescue] Sparc Classic and IPX

[Ken Hansen]

You raise an interesting point - could the drive need to be re-formatted
(due to age and sloppy tid-bits left on the drive from the IPC)? Are you
trying to re-install the OS or use existing install on the new machine?

Ken

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Michael McGarrah" <mcgarrah at ncsu.edu>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 10:50 AM
Subject: [SunRescue] Sparc Classic and IPX


> I have several Sparc IPC machines.  They all work great.  Happy
> little boxes with 200MB harddisks running RedHat 6.2.  Great for
> network monitoring.
> 
> The problem is with two Sparc Classics and an IPX that I'd like
> to get setup.  The harddisk out of a working IPC does not work in
> either Classic or IPX.  These machines would be ideal for doing
> development since they have more memory and are faster.  A 1GB
> disk but 64MB ram would make it much nicer.
> 
> I can't find anything on putting harddisks into a Classic or IPX
> that is different from the IPCs.  Anybody know about a difference?
> 
> The only other option is that all three have bad SCSI controllers.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --
> J. Michael McGarrah
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