[SunHELP] cd-rom for sparc 5

[Peter Stokes]

Hi

If you want to have it internal, then it will depend on the chassis type, if
it is the old chassis with a blueish blanking panel on the right hand side,
you will need the Toshiba XM4101B drive with Sun firmware enabled + mounting
wheels, if it is the later with the beige blanking panels, then any Sun
bootable drive will probably fit + you will need a different set of mounting
wheels. If you want a separate desktop unit then provided it is bootable
then any scsi drive will do. As to which drives are bootable the general
rule is, later drives tend to be bootable, earlier drives are limited to a
few manufacturers such as Toshiba (Suns main supplier), Plextor (any others
please let me know).

Peter
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Peter Stokes
Ashlyn Computer Services Ltd
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Web: http://www.ashlyn.co.uk
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-----Original Message-----
From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On
Behalf Of Chris Barnes
Sent: 19 February 2002 18:00
To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
Subject: [SunHELP] cd-rom for sparc 5


Hi,
I'm looking to buy a scsi cd-rom drive for my recently purchased
sparcstation 5. Do I have to use a specific brand and model, or can I buy
any old scsi cd-rom? Can anyone tell me which brand and model cd-roms will
work in the sparc 5 because I have no idea what hardware is compatible.

Thanks heaps
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