[rescue] Question, which machine to keep, which two to go?

[Joshua Boyd]

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 12:22:07PM -0500, Sandwich Maker wrote:
> " From: Earl Baugh <earl at baugh.org>
> " 
> " []
> " 
> " I've played a little bit with all three.  The Ultra 5 is the slowest of the
> " set, but I like the form factor of either it or the Blade 100.
> " So, I'm thinking either keep the Ultra 10 in the Ultra 5 case, or the Blade
> " 100.  I've now experienced how bad the IDE drive controllers are
> " []
> " 
> " So some questions.  Obviously SCSI controller needs to be purchased.
> 
> how about a better ide/pata controller?  lots are supported under
> solaris x86/x64; dunno about solaris sparc.  

I believe none of those are supported under Solaris/SPARC.

> but you'd keep your
> present internal drives, just change cabling.

If he wants to keep his present internal drives, he could use a scsi
card and scsi IDE converter.