24 Mar
2001
24 Mar
'01
5:31 p.m.
Were there any 5000/200s with internal disks? Mine hasn't got any internal
SCSI connector, nor any mounting point. It's quite bizarre, though, since it's
the biggest case in my entire collection.
I seem to recall that one of my 5000/200s at one point had an
internal SCSI device. I suspect it was a TK50, but I'm not
sure. We reconfigured the workstations soon after receiving
them, and I think all the SCSI devices were placed in external
boxes at that point. This made it easier to share devices, and
have most of the file systems up when a workstation crashed.
First check to
see if there is a disk (open up the box, take
a look). Also check what your system thinks is attached to it.
There is a command for this that you can enter at the >> prompt.
I don't remember the name now, but type help at the >> prompt
at it should tell you. This will tell you the devices attached
to the SCSI interface so you can determine whether it is looking
at the right drive.
You could always netboot it. Try "boot 6/tftp", assuming you've got some
kind
of server on the network with a bootpd or dhcpd as well as a tftpd.
It will have a keyboard connector, it will
probably look like a RJ11
phone jack if I remember correctly. There should also be a video
connector on the back. The video connector has 3 pins, its doesn't
look like a VGA connector, or any other standard video connector.
Define "standard"? To the best of my knowledge, there has never been any
standard video connector, save perhaps for SCART. The three pins are R,G,B with I believe sync on G.
You should be
able to connect these to a VGA monitor.
Assuming it supports sync on green and the correct frequencies.
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