[SunRescue] RE:SS/5-170...

[Ken Hansen]

First, I choose the word "unladen" specifically for that reason ;^)

Second, the SS/5 case I have is the only one I've ever seen - the drive is thin, no where near the size of a half-height drive (well, OK, it is just a bit thinner...). I want to keep the internal CD-ROM, so:

Can I re-jumper it to be, say, SCSI ID 5 and still use it (like for audio CDs)?

If I hang a faster CD-ROM off another SCSI controller, is there an easy way to boot off of the drive on the second SCSI chain?

Any pointers to info on a faster internal drive?

I may wind-up taking this system to work as an interim Intranet server, and if so I'd like to avoid any extra cases/cables if possible. (an external CD-ROM drive wouldn't kill me, it's a preference thing...)

And finally, anyone have pointers to a pre-compiled PHP/Apache set of packages for Solaris 7? I'd like to get some web info set up *without* the need to install a development environment...

Thanks in advance,

Ken

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Message: 2
From: "Loomis, Rip" <GILBERT.R.LOOMIS at saic.com>
To: "'rescue at sunhelp.org'" <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Subject: RE: [SunRescue] Q: on SS/5-170...
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 09:08:15 -0400
Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org

>     Anyone know how long a Seti at home packet takes on on 
> unladen SS/5-170?

"What is the airspeed of an unladen SS/5-170?"
"African or European SS/5-170?"
"I don't know....URRRRK!"

Sorry, just couldn't resist.

http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/grail/grail-23.htm


>     The CD-ROM I had for internal use appears to be a 1x or 
> 2x drive - what
> is the fastest drive available for this case?

<ObRescue> As far as I know, the fastest *official*
drive for that case is 2x...but there are supposedly
up to 8x drives that someone has found which are
compatible if you have the "small CD-ROM/big floppy"
Aurora 1 case as I do.  If you have the "regular
1/2 height CD-ROM/thin floppy" Aurora 2 case, then
you can use almost anything.

I had enough trouble finding a faster internal CD-ROM
that I went ahead and got a 24x external when one
popped up for a reasonable price.  YMMV.

</ObRescue>