Ultra 10 disks (Was Re:[SunRescue] SparcstationIPC)

[Don Varner]

Thanks Pete, but I'll pass on the IDE disks.
Being a long time Sun guy I had no experience
with IDE until the U5/U10 was introduced a couple
years ago. After finding that many things I took
for granted no longer worked (like dd, SDS, alternate
boot devices etc..)I ripped out the IDE junk and went
back to SCSI. 


That's what the Sunswift board is for......
   Fast/Wide SCSI-2 + 10/100BASE-TX.


-Don, Who'd be happy to trade his U10 for an U30.
       Hey...It comes with an extra NIC   ;^)



"Peter L. Wargo" wrote:
> 
> You'd be better off picking up an IDE drive, as the U10 does not come
> w/built-in SCSI...
> 
> <grin>
> 
> -Pete, who loves his U30...


> 
> -----
> Peter L. Wargo
> pwargo at basenji.com
> Owner/operator of basenji.com.
> 
> On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Don Varner wrote:
> 
> > While we're on the subject of disks I'd like to find a good
> > source for scsi drives for an Ultra 10.  I've managed to
> > pick up a beater U10 that wouldn't power up and looks like
> > it fell off a loading dock. (Hmmmm...UPS?)
> >
> > Anyway I've finally got it to the ok prompt but it didn't
> > come with disks.  Unfortunately it's also missing BOTH
> > mounting brackets.  So.... I'm looking for a pair of external
> > boxes (mirrored OS) or the brackets. I figure I have a
> > snowball's chance in hell of someone having spare brackets.
> > I could probably rig something up to mount the disks but
> > I hate to kludge it.
> >
> >
> > The SunSwift board that is installed doesn't have internal
> > connectors anyway so external would be cleaner. Also concerned
> > about heat load with big drives internally.
> >
> > I need 18gb or higher and would like a good warranty policy.
> > Gold Source seems to have decent prices and 5yr warranty but
> > I didn't see any external boxes.
> >
> > Any other vendors you guys like?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Don Varner
> > Lawrence Berkeley Lab
> > Energy Sciences Network
> > Berkeley,Ca