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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.

Regards,

Guy Higginson

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


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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com