b79xan@gmx.de (Andreas Schulze) wrote in message news:<5ee46f5c.0309221238.439ed3fa@posting.google. com>...
> steve@wakefieldrfc.freeserve.co.uk (Steve Nottingham) wrote in message news:<42862645.0309220507.52d06854@posting.google. com>...
> > tsirakidis@gmx.de (Stavros Tsirakidis) wrote in message news:<d066a766.0309212331.5a0fb4be@posting.google. com>...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I bought a used B50 server that has no CDROM drive and no hard disks inside.
> > > Could someone give me some tips:
> > >
> > > - first, I know that I can use a null modem cable and a common PC in order
> > > to install the server. Anyway, I would like to ask, if it is possible to use
> > > another PCI graphic adapter (like ATI, Matrox,...) instead of the IBM ones
> > > (like GXT130P) ?
> >
> > It is not possible to use another graphics adapter unless AIX device
> > drivers are included with it.
> >
> > >
> > > - second, are the cables for the onboard SCSI adapters connectors the same
> > > as the ones used with common SCSI adapters, like the ones from Adaptec ? If
> > > not, I am thinking about using the external SCSI connector. In this case, I
> > > would plug an external SCSI CDROM & hard disk. I hope that the boot from the
> > > AIX CDs will work.
> >
> > Yes, SCSI is SCSI. You may need an IBM CD ROM drive to install AIX.
> > You can check on the SMS menus to see if the hardware is recognised by
> > the system.
> >
> > Steve
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I used a Plextor UltraPlex PX-32TSi SCSI CD-ROM drive with a B50.
> Worked fine with 4.3.3 but the necessary device drivers did not come
> with 5L. Thus after the upgrade to 5.2 the device is not found any
> longer by cfgmgr and so the Plextor is unusable with this combination
> of software and hardware. Therefore the answer for the second question
> is likely to be "it depends...".
>
> Regards,
> Andreas

I still want to ask, if the external SCSI port is a standard one. See ebay
item 2753994332: if I would plug this extrnal hard drive, would it be
possible to install AIX on it ? Or, do I need a special external SCSI cable
from IBM in order to be able to plug such external SCSI devices ?

Stavros