Re: ORB Drive


Subject: Re: ORB Drive
From: Brian M. Williams (bwilliam@OPAL.TUFTS.EDU)
Date: Fri Sep 17 1999 - 07:20:10 MDT


>I am looking at different options for setting up YDL on my beige G3 266/160.
>Someone suggested that I use a 2.2 GB ORB (external SCSI) drive to boot up
>and run YDL from.
>
> I will not be using this machine as a server, only to learn Linux and
>(possibly) Apache on. I am primarily a Director and Premiere developer, so
>the ORB would also be a nice addition for my multimedia projects when not
>running YDL.
>
>My questions:
>
>1) Will the ORB drive be an acceptable solution?
>
>2) Will I need a n accelerator card for the SCSI?
>
>TIA
>
>Stu

The SCSI should be fine, and I've seen people install on Jaz Drives, the
ORB would be better I guess since you could have more space for the
installation.



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