Subject: Re: 8500 with teeny 1gig SCSI drive (uhg)
From: Paul Guba (gubavision@home.com)
Date: Fri Dec 14 2001 - 17:02:15 MST
I have a similar setup with an 8500. You can put a larger SCSI drive in
it the 8500 they were I believe scsi wide or fast-wide not sure. As
long as it is a 50 pin connection it will default to your machines
settings. I have seen some good deals on these recently at OWC ( other
world computer ). Another option is a IDE card for your empty PCI slot
and than purchase a inexpensive IDE drive. This is what I did and it is
working fine for me. I have seen post here that some of these are
difficult to ge to work however. Check www.dealmac.com and look for
something in your budget. Good luck.
P Guba
On Friday, December 14, 2001, at 06:29 PM, Julia Jacobs wrote:
> (WARNING - NEWBIE ALERT)
> I want to put YDL on my 8500 180mhz PPC, but its got a miniscule 1GB
> SCSI
> drive. I can only stick SCSI 1 drives in that machine which only get as
> large as 2GB (sob). There's a USB card and an Ethernet Card leaving
> one PCI
> slot open. What can I do to make this machine a decent box to test
> Linux
> apps on so that I don’t install stuff on my commercial Linux server and
> crash it, pissing all of my current hosting clients off?
> Any suggestions that won't require me having to get a second mortgage
> on my
> house?
>
> Julia 'I need to learn Linux badly' Jacobs
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