Subject: Re: Qube 2 - 1.6.1 and 3
To: None <Nick@Pettefar.com>
From: Alex Pelts <alexp@broadcom.com>
List: port-cobalt
Date: 01/10/2007 13:39:49
Just curious why buy another? If I sold mine I would buy something more 
powerful. Compiles are a big pain on that machine.

Regards,
Alex


Nick Pettefar wrote:
> Hi Pete,
> 
> We corresponded a while back.  I am the guy with the Qube 2 that tried
> to do what you did with the Promise ATA 100 card but it only worked
> for a short while and then the Promise card wasn't recognised any more
> by the Qube 2.  I am thinking of selling my Qube 2 on eBay and buying
> another because I do not know what to do to make it recognise it again
> - it's like some switch was set somewhere but I don't know where!  I
> have bought other Promise ATA 100 and even 133 cards but they aren't
> recognised either!  I really wanted to use this Qube 2 as a NAS and
> web file server.
> 
> I am using a Sun Ultra 60 instead now.
> 
> Nick - frustrated.
> 
> On 10/01/07, Pete Rushmere <pete@rushmere.org> wrote:
>> On Wednesday 10 January 2007 20:12, Alex Pelts wrote:
>> > I don't have a large disk connected but I heard reports of 250GB drives
>> > working with Qube.
>> >
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>         I have two 300GB drives installed, although they are on the 
>> Promise card, NOT
>> the internal IDE channel....
>>
>> Regards,
>> Pete.
>>
>> -- 
>> The manual said Windows XP or better, so I installed FreeBSD...
>>
> 
>