Re: Netra T1/X1 cdrom drive options

From: Sam Munzani (sam_at_munzani.com)
Date: 10/19/03 

Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 15:21:34 -0500

Thanks Chris,

I have an Ultra 10 that I will use as jump server.

Sam
"Chris Newport" <me@see-my-sig.invalid> wrote in message
news:4371817.jnLTQ05lS7@callisto...
> On Sunday 19 October 2003 4:53 am in comp.sys.sun.admin Sam Munzani wrote:
>
> > Where can I buy a sun Netra X1 or T1 Cdrom drive? Is there any third
party
> > CDROM I can use with Netra? I am giving up on Jump Start install over
the
> > network.
>
> The internal cdrom drive is a Toshiba laptop drive. The mounting
> hardware and connector adaptor are special Sun stuff, so you
> need to buy the complete cdrom upgrade kit from Sun.
>
> The Netra T1 has a SCSI connector on the rear panel so you can
> connect an external scsi cdrom drive, AFAIK the Netra X1 is
> IDE only.
>
> Your cheapest option is probably to get a Sparc 5/10/20 with a
> cdrom from EBay, install Solaris, and use it as a jumpstart
> server. Many have tried to use Linux as a jumpstart server
> and failed.
>
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