I've got an HP 9000 E35 and G50 that I can't get rid because I might need
them to support some old software but I don't need them sitting in my office
anymore either. So I'd like to put them in long term storage and I'm
wondering if anybody has any recommendations for things to do before boxing
them up. I've already done the obvious and backed them up. I'm going
to dump disk partition and file system info. Is there anything else
I should be doing? I may never need these things again, but if I do
I'll need to get them back up quickly.

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Paul Keusemann pkeusem@visi.com
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Savage, MN 55378

> I've got an HP 9000 E35 and G50 that I can't get rid because I might need
> them to support some old software but I don't need them sitting in my office
> anymore either. So I'd like to put them in long term storage and I'm
> wondering if anybody has any recommendations for things to do before boxing
> them up. I've already done the obvious and backed them up. I'm going
> to dump disk partition and file system info. Is there anything else
> I should be doing? I may never need these things again, but if I do
> I'll need to get them back up quickly.

That could be a problem if the E35 suffers from disc stiction. This been
my experience with E45s, even after as little as a week of downtime. A spare
disc and a, tested, bootable recovery tape might be useful.

David Nixon -- University of Liverpool, Computer Science