On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Brian Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sunday 21 March 2010 10:57:53 am Thorsten Glaser wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I just got a Qube2 from a cow-orker. (Sadly without the power supply >> unit; if someone near .de has a spare one it’d be greatly appreciated, >> otherwise I’ll have to go to ePray.) I plan on putting maximum memory >> into it, installing Debian and use it as sort of my main build machine >> for uploads (at the moment, I’m ssh’ing to other boxen, which is sub- >> optimal as I don’t put my PGP key there), it could also be useful for >> testing things such as the upstream-proposed gcc fix for the binutils >> bug. > > Be aware that RAM for that machine can be hard to find and is relatively > expensive. > > http://www.pcmemorystore.com/Sun_Cobalt-RAQ-Qube2-ram.htm > > As for a power supply, you just need anything that will provide 12 volts at > 3.3 amps (45 watts). This should be easy to find, except possibly for the > connector. >
I use a HP power supply with a few mods. Works well. http://www.zooomr.com/search/photos/?q=qube2 Sameer > I have a Qube-2 running Debian. I added RAM and a larger hard drive, remember > you have to boot from a smaller disk partition. It's a nice little machine, > low power, quiet and very reliable. > > I did have to replace the fan, the factory one failed after 5 years. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
