[SunRescue] IDE drives...

[Bill Bradford]

On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 10:45:00AM -0400, Kurt Mosiejczuk wrote:
> I'm looking at buying an IDE drive to replace a small 4 Gig drive
> in an Ultra 5 (if it makes a difference, the Ultra 5 is a 270Mhz,
> one of the first ones).
> Are there any issues with what Solaris will support?  Can I grab
> a nice IBM drive?  Any size?  Will me running 2.6 make a difference?
> thanks for any help you guys can give me on this one...
> --Kurt

I had a nice 8.4gig Seagate Medalist drive in my u5/270, but if you
can, find a SYmbios 8751sp card and go scsi.  I did that last night
in my Ultra 10 and ist AMAZING how much difference it makes.

Bill

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