Hello:

I am shopping for a CDROM for this box, and there are two models of
CDROM, one for the old Chasis (1.6" high) and one for the newer one
(1.0" high).

How do I know which chasis I have? Where's the part no. for the
Chasis?

Thanks for looking,

Phil

In article <2q7nrvkgkih7th3u4ju7reja2m2l6he712@4ax.com>,
Phil Phil <philphil@aol.com> wrote:

> How do I know which chasis I have? Where's the part no. for the
> Chasis?

The color of the CD-ROM filler plate is a clue. Old chassis has
purple filler panel, "new" chassis has grey filler panel.

Many part numbers can be found here:
< http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub...SS20/SS20.html >

--
Göran Larsson http://www.mitt-eget.com/

Phil Phil wrote:
>
> Hello:
>
> I am shopping for a CDROM for this box, and there are two models of
> CDROM, one for the old Chasis (1.6" high) and one for the newer one
> (1.0" high).
>
> How do I know which chasis I have? Where's the part no. for the
> Chasis?

I was not aware there was one that took 1.6" high CD's. I have 4
SS20's, 4 take 1.0 " and the other I thought had been modified by
someone else as it looks like it will take 1.6", although I've never
tried. I'd never given it an ounce of thought until you put your post.
That is something I learned about the SS20 and I thought I knew the
machines pretty well.

I would add if you find you need the 1.0" high model (most likely as
they seem more common), I'd be tempted to forget it and mount it
externally. The speed of that CD-ROM (either 1 or 2x) is so slow to
make installing Solaris 9 an all-day affair. Even when I've had a
machine with one of those drives, I always disconnected it and
installed a temporary standard CD-ROM in its place to install Solaris.
Now I have a 32x unit in a Sun 611 box, which works fine.

I've still got a 1" high CD-ROM drive here, but removed it to make
room for a larger fan to cool the disks a bit better.

--

"The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably
the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge.

Dr. David Kirkby Ph.D
Author of 'atlc' http://atlc.sourceforge.net/

Thanks for the reply.

What I need to know is, looking at the S20, where is the part number
for the chasis?

All I see is this this label next to the floppy:

P/N 600-3535-01
S/N 530F15DA

Another label inside the top cover:

540-2434-03 Rev 50
Date code 2494
Supplier Code 19195
Supplier serial number 146365

Where else should I look?

Phil


On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 19:40:19 +0000, "Dr. David Kirkby"
<david.kirkby@onetel.net> wrote:

>I was not aware there was one that took 1.6" high CD's. I have 4
>SS20's, 4 take 1.0 " and the other I thought had been modified by
>someone else as it looks like it will take 1.6", although I've never
>tried. I'd never given it an ounce of thought until you put your post.
>That is something I learned about the SS20 and I thought I knew the
>machines pretty well.
>
>I would add if you find you need the 1.0" high model (most likely as
>they seem more common), I'd be tempted to forget it and mount it
>externally. The speed of that CD-ROM (either 1 or 2x) is so slow to
>make installing Solaris 9 an all-day affair. Even when I've had a
>machine with one of those drives, I always disconnected it and
>installed a temporary standard CD-ROM in its place to install Solaris.
>Now I have a 32x unit in a Sun 611 box, which works fine.
>
>I've still got a 1" high CD-ROM drive here, but removed it to make
>room for a larger fan to cool the disks a bit better.

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Phil Phil wrote:

Please don't top post.

> What I need to know is, looking at the S20, where is the part number
> for the chasis?
>
> All I see is this this label next to the floppy:
>
> P/N 600-3535-01
> S/N 530F15DA

Yep - that's it. But you can tell just by looking at the
case whether or not it's a new one. (New ones have a notch
in the top cover to make room for the CDROM.)

--
Rich Teer, SCNA, SCSA

President,
Rite Online Inc.

Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638
URL: http://www.rite-online.net

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:38:04 GMT, Rich Teer <rich.teer@rite-group.com>
wrote:

>On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Phil Phil wrote:
>
>Please don't top post.
>
>> What I need to know is, looking at the S20, where is the part number
>> for the chasis?
>>
>> All I see is this this label next to the floppy:
>>
>> P/N 600-3535-01
>> S/N 530F15DA
>
>Yep - that's it. But you can tell just by looking at the
>case whether or not it's a new one. (New ones have a notch
>in the top cover to make room for the CDROM.)

Yes I have the notch !!! Time to order the CD-ROM.

Another question--which version of Solaris is optimal for this box?
How much RAM and what size of a HD should I get?

Thanks.

Phil

> Another question--which version of Solaris is optimal for this box?
> How much RAM and what size of a HD should I get?

Well, I run Solaris 9 on both my sparc 20s, but I run them headless.
I have 2 2GB disks in one, and one 9GB disk in the other... 2Gb is a bit
of a squeeze. go for 4 or 9.

--
Steven Hill

"Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes"

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Phil Phil wrote:

> Another question--which version of Solaris is optimal for this box?

The latest (and last for the SS20) version: Solaris 9.

> How much RAM and what size of a HD should I get?

As much as possible! Seriously, you'll want at least 256 MB
of RAM, and a 4 GB or 9 GB disk.

--
Rich Teer, SCNA, SCSA

President,
Rite Online Inc.

Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638
URL: http://www.rite-online.net