[rescue] adding a disk to my u2

Lionel Peterson lionel4287 at verizon.net
Mon Jul 3 21:10:41 CDT 2006


>From: Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
>Date: Mon Jul 03 14:26:23 CDT 2006
>To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [rescue] adding a disk to my u2

>Lionel Peterson wrote:
>>> From: Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
>>> Date: Fri Jun 30 21:02:59 CDT 2006
>>> To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [rescue] adding a disk to my u2
>> 
>> <snip>
>> 
>>> I see a lot of deals on used drives, but rarely do they tell you how
>>> old they are. 1-2 year old SCSI, I'm OK with that most of the time.
>>> But most of what I find at places like spartantech and other shops
>>> are hitting 5 years old.  No thanks.
>> 
>> 1.6" 50 Gig SCA drive for $25 + s/h http://www.surpluscomputers.com/store/main.aspx?p=ItemDetail&item=DRV10209
>
>That will not fit in a U2.  That is also a pretty old drive, and I'd
>hesitate to trust it.

Well, you snipped off my reference to "removing the optical drive..." (I was implying it would fit where the 5 1/4" drive is/was.)

As for the vintage of the drive, well there's recent vintage and there's cheap - pick one. That's been my exp. anyway...

Lionel 



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