[SunRescue] `Bigger' height SCA disks in SS5 ?

[Mike Nicewonger]

Unless you want to 'modify' your SCA backplane you cannot use thicker than
1" drives in the SS5 or 20.

Mike N
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Sladen" <paul at sladen.org>
To: "Sun Rescue" <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 8:34 AM
Subject: [SunRescue] `Bigger' height SCA disks in SS5 ?


> I just got a pair of nice big SCSI disks delievered today; one 50pin for
> my SS2 proxy server; and one SCA one for my SS5.
>
> However, the SCA disk is a `half-height' one that is slightly taller than
> the `floppy-drive-height' on the disks that are already in it.
>
>           Case Lid
> ______________________________________
>  ||
>  || <-- SCA Backplace
>  ||    _________________________
>  ||_  |
>  ||_] |  <-- Problem!
> .||. .| . . . . . . . . . <-- `Normal' Height
>  ||   |
>  ||   |
>  ||_  [_   Nice Big 7200rpm disk
>  ||_]  _]
>  ||   [_________________________
>
> Does any one have a fix for this (the disk will quite happyily fit in the
> top slot; however I can't get the lid on then)... is it possible to get
> 5mm SCA `extenders'?...
>
> Cheers, Paul
>
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