[Sunhelp] SECOND IDE DRIVE IN ULTRA 10 (U5)

[steve price]

so is there a "better" way to mount a second drive in
a u5 other than the approved mounting hardware?

has anybody tried any of the newer 60gb 7200rpm
drives?


--- patl at Phoenix.Volant.ORG wrote:
> On 16-Oct-00 at 22:05, Bill Bradford
> (mrbill at mrbill.net) wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 08:49:40PM -0700, Frank
> Sommers wrote:
> > > Talking of IDE disks, is it possible to install
> a second IDE disk in an
> > > Ultra 5? 
> > > Thanks, in advance,
> > > Frank
> > 
> > Yep.  Onlly difference between u5 and u10 is the
> case.
> 
> Not quite.  The daughter board for PCI expansion is
> different.
> On the U5, there are PCI slots on both sides of the
> riser.  As
> I recall, mounting a second IDE drive blocks one
> side, reducing
> the available PCI slot space.  (Assuming of course
> that you are
> using the Sun approved expansion kit.  You might be
> able to
> mount a small drive in the normally unused PCCARD
> interface bay.)
> 
> Note that the Sun expansion kit for U10/U5 comes
> with the mounting
> hardware for the U5.  The bracket for the U10 is
> already in place.
> 
> 
> -Pat
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