Ultra 5 system continuing saga

From: Dr. W. L. Jarrett <William.Jarrett_at_usm.edu>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 11:45:42 -0500

Dear Colleagues:
    I've replaced the hard drive (as several of you suggested), but
after installing Solaris 8, the system "froze" on me while I was using
vi to edit the inetd.conf file. Once again, mouse/keyboard non
responsive, STOP-A wouldn't work, etc. I am really beginning to suspect
that the motherboard or CPU is bad, and if that is the case I would
rather purchase a Sun Blade 150 for $995 academic versus a used Ultra 5
for $575. Just a couple of questions:

1) Has anyone used their old 501-5656 Ethernet/SCSI card from an Ultra
5/10 in a SunBlade to communicate with the Mercury?
2) Varian recommends 512 MByte for VNMR/Sunblade, but would 256 do?

Thanks again for your assistance,

Bill


-- 
Dr. W. L. Jarrett
Assistant Research Professor
University of Southern Mississippi
School of Polymers and High-Performance Materials
Department of Polymer Science
118 College Drive #10076
Hattiesburg, MS  39406-0076
Phone:  (601)266-4551
Fax:      (601)266-5504
email:  William.Jarrett_at_usm.edu
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