On Saturday 13 Aug 2005 21:05, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > John Bowden wrote: > > SCSI is an internal one. I tried plugging it in but being new to this > > architecture I don't know how to tell it to look look for the CD ROM. > > I have 16 of these machines coming. Got 1 to play with at the moment but > > it won't finish booting. Stops while it looks for an ip from dns server. > > From what I have been told they used to belong to Wolverhampton > > university. I figured it would be easier to load a new OS. I decided on > > Deb as they do an Intel version that I could load onto one of my other > > machines to get used to how Deb does things. > > Provided that it stops at an OpenPROM prompt you should be able to type > "boot cdrom". You should be able to force it to the prompt by holding the > STOP and A keys during startup. There's an adequate help command. I have Done the Stop A sequence and that's when it asks for the password. > > > When I go into the open boot it asks for a password. > > In that case you've got problems. Google for other people's solution to > this, but as I said if you can find one that works you'll be able to copy > the NVRAM- it's a standard Timekeeper RAM. Some one on the list sudjested taking the rom out and putting it back in after Stop A sequence, but I don't fancy doing that unless I have to. > > > I would like to use some of the spare monitors on my Intel boxes as they > > won't be used on the SS5's > > Many of the available adapters aren't fully wired, e.g. I've got one like > that from RS Components. Does it work? > > > I have got keyboards and mice for all the SS5's > > Which quite frankly are probably worth more than the SSes. I beg borrow and steal all sorts of computer equipment to play with, but not very good at getting rid of it. I got a loft full of stuff :-) > > > Do you think it might be better to rob the memory out of half the boxes > > and use in the other half. When I turn on all my network the local power > > station has to fire up another generater to keep up ;-) > > Possibly, but these machines are CPU-challenged and adding memory won't fix > that. I got them to learn about linux clustering so the amount of work they can do is not a priority. The power consumption might be. I go-ta pay the electricity bill! Once I have the knowledge I can spend the cash and build something that is capable of doing some real work. > > -- > Mark Morgan Lloyd > markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk > > [Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues]
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