18 Nov
2003
18 Nov
'03
3:03 p.m.
From: "John Allain" <allain(a)panix.com>
Haven't got time to comment on everything
you've said.
Some tips:
Rails come in two pieces.
You can mount one piece to the drive and one to the rack.
When you have the rails in two pieces, the rack side rails
can be screwed in place with much less stuff in the way
than if the drive was there, so please do that.
"Safety Rails" do not come apart like that. They are specifically designed
so the device *won't* go in or out through the front of the machine. It
will extend so the device can be serviced, but it won't let go so you can
take the device out and set it on a table. Likewise, you can't pick it up
from the table and engage the rail glides, then push it
on in, like you
would regular rails.
They are a pain.
To get a "safety" rail apart, you have to do a maneuver roughly equivalent
to pushing the device all the way through the *back* of the rack. Of
course, the bezel prevents that, if the rail is actually mounted to a
device.
Vince