Re: Old indy2 rendered unbootable... (long post)

From: Rainer Latka (spam.trap_at_tiscali.de)
Date: 01/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 19:23:53 GMT

Am 30.01.04, 14:29:20, schrieb dbishop@ehvert.com (gprs) :

> Rainer Latka <spam.trap@tiscali.de> wrote in message
news:<20040129.15184375@epox.rrllocal>...
> > Am 29.01.04, 15:13:22, schrieb dbishop@ehvert.com (gprs) :
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > K, yes installing on a second disk does sound like a good idea. my
> > > heart went aflutter when you suggested it...why didn't i think of
> > > that?...my hopes went up...until i remembered...i only have one drive
> >
> > > sled.
> >
> > if you open your Indy you'll see that Indy drive sled are just simple
> >
> > metal brackets. You can connect a second hard disk temporarily to the
> >
> > SCSI and the power connectors which are already there for the 2nd disk
> >
> > without any problems as long as you ensure proper isolation of the HD's
> >
> > electronics where it touches the bracket underneath
> >
> > Since you've probably not yet opened your Indy: it's simple, no tools
> >
> > required, but a little tricky; check the Indy Owners Guide
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Rainer
> >
> > [...]

> yup, been inside before. Once to remove the drive and once to clear
> the PROM password. However, in order to connect a second drive to the
> one sled i would need a special cable that has a female connector and
> multiple male connectors. i just don't have one of these.

This sounds very strange and I can hardly believe it. All the Indys I
have seen have standard 50 pin SCSI cables with a terminator at the end
installed. The cable has three female connectors - one for the controller
and two for two disk drives or one disk plus one floppy drive. These are
standard SCSI cables w/o any SGI specific features. The integral
terminator is a nice feature, but not really required; you can also set
the termination jumper on the last drive you attach.

If the cable in your Indy looks different, someone probably has replaced
it. Dont worry, you can use any (well, some may exceed length
limitations) 50-pin three (or more) connector SCSI cable and set the
termination jumper on the last drive you attach. In this way you can also
temporarily connect a SCSI CDROM. (You've probably been informed by now
that all SCSI CDROMs do not work with SGI boxes. See Brent Bates' info
pages).

> thanks for the thought though.

you're welcome, and you'll see it will work

Rainer

> no bad suggestions.

> later,
> dean

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