[Info-vax] DR's fate

[David Froble]

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <k1qiab$q1r$2 at dont-email.me>, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
>> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>>> In article <504029d9$0$13040$c3e8da3$40d4fd75 at news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>>>> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Your words do not serve to enlighten me.  Is there context somewhere 
>>>>> that I'm missing?
>>>> DR could be Digital Review. dead for many many years.
>>>> or it could mean Death Row cluster. The later definitin is more likely
>>>> considering the timing and context.
>>> 'Tis Deathrow.  The Alpha there has had some disk failure.  The system
>>> drive is still functional but it appears that most accounts were on the
>>> drive which failed.  I knew soething was up when I was prompted for my
>>> password when I ssh'ed to it.  My account and hostkey are on the drive
>>> which has failed. 
>>>
>> Anybody know what type of disk they might need, and who to contact ??
> 
> The Alpha at Deathrow is an AlphaServer DS10L 466 MHz.  Only IDE/ATAPI 
> disks are/were were in this unit.  The system disk is a Maxtor 53073H4.
> I can't tell you what the other, now non-functional, drive was.
> 

Hmmmm ......

Risking my fool neck climbing up to take a look at my DS10L, I don't see 
any SCSI ports.  However, there appears to be one expansion slot, (not 
used on my DS10L) which most likely could have a SCSI interface, 
probably with a 68 pin port.

Speculating, perhaps the system was connected to a BA type box with one 
or more "bricks".

I might have some spare 4 GB "bricks" laying around.  If whoever is 
maintaining this system would let me know their requirements, I "MIGHT" 
be able to contribute some help.