In article <474a9da8.0311050958.30edae4c@posting.google.com >,
Guy Higginson <guy.higginson@baesystems.com> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>We are using SCO OpenServer Release 5 with a Seagate ST32430N SCSI
>hard disc (capacity 2.1GB) connected via an Adaptec AHA-2940AU SCSI
>interface card, inside a pentium PC (running at 120MHz). We would like
>to replace the current hard disc with a larger capacity SCSI hard disc
>but do not know whether this would be possible.

>The age and position in the lifetime of this system means that an
>upgrade to the PC, or Operating System upgrade are uneconomical. We
>are limited to trying to incorporate a larger hard disc (if that is
>possible).

>So, the question is - what is the maximum capacity of SCSI hard disc
>that SCO OpenServer Release 5 can support and would there be any other
>limitations on putting a higher capacity hard disc into the system?

>If anyone can offer any help we would be very grateful.

You are missing the numbers after the OpenSever 5 - something like
5.0.0, 5.0.2, 5.0.4 .

But if you want to be able to just plug in and go you are going to
have troulbe finding an N [narrow] type drive.

In another post talking about customer support - I went through
that.

I looked at a large site and saw NO narrow drives - they needed
at least 8GB from their current 4GB per their SW vendor on an
upgrade.

So I went looking for a narrow-wide convertor - they are there -
and when I finally to to a tech that new what I wanted he offered
the better solution.

The client wound up with a 36GB Seagate Baracudda [no longer in
production but still new and under warranty] fro $199 - and it was
just plug in, and go.

It took two passes through BackupEdge to get the whole drive
configured properly as the SW is OLD. Last time I touched that
machine was in late 1999 when I did a Y2K upgrade for them.

So finding the drive may be the hard part, but I'll give you the
name where I have had some dealings - about a dozen or more - over
the past 7 years with no problem.

www.basoncomputer.com

I just checked their site and they have 1 type of Narrow drive
in stock. 36 GB Baracudda. $215 [it went up $15 since two months
ago].

Alternately you could get a narrow to SCA adaptor and have a large
choice of drives, but pure plug in with no adaptors seems to be a
better way to go.

Bill


--
Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com