Re: [foxboro] Lifecycle AW51D/E
- From: <jmowrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:24:35 -0400
You can skip the partitioning route if you load from tape onto the same size or
larger hard drive. (At least, that's been my experience)
>
> From: "Goldie, Shaun S" <Shaun.Goldie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2005/09/12 Mon PM 02:50:52 EDT
> To: <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [foxboro] Lifecycle AW51D/E
>
> Sun D/E Hardware is fairly easy to come by on the second hand market
> ive been using solarsystems.com
> D box failures !! heres my findings
> they are more common than B
> on two different occasions an intermittently panicing D box has turned ou=
> t to need a new motherboard
> we have also found the install script for a D Box with a 8.4 Gig drive en=
> ds up with only a 75Mb root partition
> which is smaller than a 4.2 Gig drive gets. on our D Box WP's we partitio=
> n the drive manually assigning about 500 Mb to root and swap and 1.5Gb to=
> usr, we then edit the install script to skip drive formatting
> we also found that unless its a sun drive you wont beable format above 8.=
> 5Gb
> I wasnt brave enough to manually partition my E box AW but it needs more =
> swap
>
> notice when the list question was posted about the pricing of going from =
> V7 to V8 (minimal hardware needed) it was all quiet out there in Foxboro =
> land. a 6.x system with D/E boxes needs to last till V8.UNIX
> Shaun
> NZ Steel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Baptiste, Nigel
> Sent: Tuesday, 13 September 2005 00:08
> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [foxboro] Lifecycle AW51D/E
>
>
> I have a WP51D that is crashing at present (problem was posted on this =3D
> group) - attempts to buy a spare from Foxboro led me along the same =3D
> path: replace with a G box and upgrade to version 7.0. This is an =3D
> expense which would be met with some management resistance as this =3D
> system is just 3 yrs old.
>
> I too would like to hear from the group any suggestions.=3D20
>
> Regards,
> NB.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dirk Pauwels
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 4:53 AM
> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [foxboro] Lifecycle AW51D/E
>
>
> Are there any owners of AW51 D & E boxes out there running 6.x?
>
> We recently reviewed the Inv. Lifecycle report and found that the AW51 D =
> =3D
> & E=3D20
> boxes are no longer available from jan 2007 on. Invensys advises to =3D
> change=3D20
> to G boxes and upgrade to version 7.0.
> I hate to imagine what would happen if our host box (E) would fail=3D20
> (motherboard or sun Proccessor) and we can't get a replacement within a=3D=
> 20
> couple of days....
> I probably can't convince management to replace and upgrade a perfectly =3D
> good=3D20
> system, only because of the end of lifetime issue....So we'll probably =3D
> try=3D20
> to obtain a spare E box.
> I would be interested in knowing the strategies on this of the other I/A =
> =3D
>
> users.
>
> Thanks & Rgds,
>
> Dirk Pauwels - DCS coordinator
> Engineering dept.
> Hexion Specialty Chemicals Belgium
> E mail: dirk.pauwels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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