Subject: Re: [rescue] SCSI/IDE laptop adapters
To: The Rescue List <rescue@sunhelp.org>
From: Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster@gmail.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 08/27/2007 10:00:24
der Mouse wrote:
> I have a SPARCstation Voyager, which unfortunately has a fairly small
> disk (773 MB). But this machine uses SCSI disks and has space for only
> a laptop-form-factor drive (well, unless you want to go external, which
> is rather suboptimal). I understand there are other machines in the
> same boat, such as some Mac laptops (I don't know whether they're
> PowerPC or 68k - or perhaps some of each - which is why I'm sending to
> both the macppc and mac68k NetBSD lists.)
Have you considered trying one of those newfangled 2.5" SCSI RAID array
drives? There aren't that many around that are straight SCSI, since
most are SAS, but you should be able to find some, and they should be
more than big enough.
Peace... Sridhar