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Thanks Andy. As I said to John Ross, we're going to try 1 bracket to see if it works, as it's only $65. Stay tuned for the results. Peter Dow Dow Software Services, Inc. 909 793-9050 voice 909 522-3214 cellular 909 793-4480 fax ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@attbi.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 2:51 AM Subject: RE: 510 v 170 disk drives > The following quote is from the V4R2 System Handbook in the section > related to the 170: "There is no support for external disk on the Model > 170 nor can previous models of internal disk be migrated from other > AS/400s." (p 78) > > In addition, there are no "disk unit kits" listed as being available for > the 170. These kits are the brackets which someone is selling on eBay. > The kits are listed for the 6xx models which were announced at the same > time as the 170s. It is possible that IBM chose not to list such kits > because there is no MES upgrade from a previous model to a 170. It is > also possible that you just can't get there from here. The 620 and 720 > machines can have both PCI and SPD buses, so it is difficult to draw > parallels between these machines and the 170, which is PCI only. > > I would be extremely hesitant unless you can get confirmation from > somewhere that the specific kits which are for sale would work. Also > bear in mind that there are dozens of different kinds of kits, each > designed to convert a particular kind of disk to another. If they are a > reputable vendor and are willing to accept returns if it doesn't work, > then it might be worth a try, but I would not feel good about it.
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