[SunRescue] Half height drives.

[Mike Nicewonger]

The 1 inch drives are 1/3 height.

There is no reason the half height 1.6 inch drives won't work in the SS2.
Most SS2's came with half height in them.

Look at it again. I am sure you are missing the eureka bit.

Mike N
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Harrison" <harrison at timharrison.com>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 6:16 PM
Subject: [SunRescue] Half height drives.


>
> Okay, this may sound stupid, but here goes:
>
> When I think of half height drives, I think of your common, generic
> current IDE disk size.
>
> I ordered 3 half height 3.5" 50-pin SCSI disks from www.compgeeks.com.
> This is what my SS2s want.  So, I get them in, get in the drive
> brackets, and find that the disks just don't fit.  I measured a "half
> height" IDE disk, and found it to be exactly 1" tall.  The SCSI disks
> are 1 2/3" tall.  I also have some 68-pin Seagate Barracuda disks here,
> that are also 1" tall.  This doesn't seem to fit in the bracket or into
> the box.  Am I losing my mind?  Do I not know how to fit the damned disk
> into the box?  Are my measurements being completely warped by some form
> of meniscus in my eye? Is my concept of half height drives fundamentally
> borked?
>
> Will our brave hero get his stupid SS2s running tonight?
>
> --
>
>
> Tim Harrison
> Network Administrator
> harrison at timharrison.com
> http://www.networklevel.com/
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