[Sunhelp] problem with e150 -

[Reagen Ward]

On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 11:54:27PM -0400, Christopher J Ceska wrote:
> one of our sysadmins who has been here forever shed some light on this.
> 
> Aparently, even though it is a server and has no framebuffer, you have to
> plug a keyboard in it, and hold down the power key on the keyboard, while
> turning the rest of the unit on.  pretty stupid for a server. 

Not in my experience with a rather unfriendly E150, unless it was powered down
in a funny way.  We just use a terminal server for ours, tip into the console.

> man this thing is full of styrofoam - it is really a disgrace, when you
> think of how much this unit went for a couple years ago.

Nasty styrofoam, but heat conductive.  Look at an E450; mostly wasted space for
internal drive bays.  Ugh.

Reagen