> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Adam Thornton > via cctalk > Sent: 15 May 2018 03:03 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Restoring a PC Server 500 P/390 > > I Frankensteined a P/390 together out of a P/325 server and the PCI P/390 > card back in the day. >
I am told the PCI card is rather choosy about which servers it will run in. The system came with most of a P330 as well, but no case. > I assume you do have the LIC for the P/390 card, without which you’re dead > in the water. > The latest version of the PC support tools simply load it from the P390 Advanced Diagnostics Disk. This was the bit I was worried about but it wasn't a problem at all. > At least the PCI model wasn’t picky about the disks it used. And I’m pretty > sure it’ll work with whatever the final Warp Server release was (4, maybe?) > by which time the native TCP/IP support was a lot better. It was a nice > little > machine for its day, although Hercules is now many times its speed on > modern hardware. It’s the RAID card that’s the problem, and it seems to have always been temperamental. Did you use RAID in your P/325? > > I used mine to run VM/CMS and Linux (under VM) quite well. > I was thinking of trying Linux. I assume you ran Debian? > Adam Dave
