Brother, can you spare a couple of SCSI SCA disks?

Chris fj1200 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 31 09:11:45 EDT 2007


On 10/30/07, mike ledoux <mwl+gnhlug at alumni.unh.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 05:46:11PM -0400, mike ledoux wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 04:17:07PM -0400, Ben Scott wrote:
> > >   If somebody wants to donate sweet new 1U server with dual 500 GB
> > > SATA disks, that's fine too.... ;-)
> >
> > Not new, and not really all that sweet, but I have a couple of old
> > (PIII-era) 1U servers that I'd be willing to donate to the cause.
> > If memory serves they've each got SCSI & IDE internally and room for
> > three or four drives.  No hot-swap, though.
> >
> > I'll dig them out of the closet tonight and let you know the full specs.
>
> I finally remembered to pull these out while I was actually home and
> able to do so.  As it happens, memory did serve.
>
> Each server has one 700MHz PIII, 512MB ECC RAM (2/4 slots filled),
> onboard Adaptec Ultra2LVD SCSI, onboard video, 10/100 Ethernet,
> PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse ports, 2 USB ports, and 2 9GB SCA SCSI drives
> installed.  The servers support IDE, and each has three drive bays
> total.  NO CDROM or Floppy installed, though it has connectors for
> both.
>
> Both boot (RHL 6.2!  Wow, these have been sitting for a while!).
> That's about as much testing as I'm willing to do on hardware that
> I'm pretty sure nobody wants anyway.
>
> The LUG can have them if it wants them.  If not, and someone else
> wants them, they can have them.  In either case, I'll need to wipe
> the disks first anyway, so I'm willing to install a more modern
> Linux on them while I'm at it, if you'd like.
>
> --


If the LUG doesn't want them, I can use one at home for my audio rack
if no one else needs them for anything.

Thanks

Chris

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