Hello,

> Regarding drives, a bulk build can be told where to extract and compile, 
> so you can keep the distfiles and binary packages on an NFS volume and 
> just have a drive large enough for the compile process. I do this on 
> several older machines (50 pin half height SCSI drives are impossible to 
> find with more than 9 gigs of space).
what's the restriction - 50pin or half-height? I use a 50GB full-height Barracuda with SCA->50-or-68-pin adaptor.
Bigger half-height SCA drives should exist somewhere, and then there are 68->50pin adaptors too, my S900 came with one to connect a UW-SCSI drive to the internal bus.

have fun
Michael