Katz wrote:
> Greetings all, I need to put some larger hard disks in my Ultra 2. I
> currently have two 9.1 gig drives installed and would like to put
> either two 18 or two 36 gig SCA drives in this machine. For instance,
> would a Seagate ST318404LC be compatable with the Ultra II?

Yep. You can use just about any SCA SCSI drive, with the exception of
those that use HVD. I've only ever seen two HVD disk drives in my life -
they are far from common. I'm not sure if Seagate make any at all. I
doubt anyone makes them now.

I guess the Ultra2 has room for 1.6" drives, but if not, then you would
have to stick to Seagate ST3xxxxxxLC and avoid the use of ST1xxxxxLC
drives. You might need 1.6" caddies if you use them. Given their age, I
would avoid them anyway now.

> I would
> think that what ever drives the Ultra 60 and 80 support would also work
> in this machine.

Where, here is a selection from my Ultra 80.

# uname -a
SunOS sparrow 5.10 Generic_118833-02 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-80

# format
Searching for disks...done


AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0t0d0 <SEAGATE-ST336704LC-0004 cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 12 sec 424>
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@0,0
1. c0t1d0 <COMPAQ-BD036635C5-B017 cyl 14000 alt 2 hd 20 sec 254>
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@1,0
2. c1t0d0 <SEAGATE-ST336704LC-0004 cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 12 sec 424>
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3,1/sd@0,0
3. c1t3d0 <SEAGATE-ST173404LC-0003 cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3,1/sd@3,0
Specify disk (enter its number):

Note one of them, the ST173404LC is an ST1xxxxxxLC and so 1.6" high.
That is in an external box, but I think it could fit in the U80 if it
did not already have two disks inside.

> Thanks in advance for the help
>


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