Paul Ouderkirk wrote:

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> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Christopher Intemann

>  wrote:

>> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 12:14 PM,  wrote:

>>

>>> On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 01:34:50AM +0200, Christopher Intemann wrote:

>>>> However could not find any information if I could boot from discs

>>> connected

>>>> via a PCI-IDE controller.

>>> Read up on these EEPROM commands:

>>>

>>> probe-ide-all

>>> show-disks

>>>

>> Yes, thanks, sure. But I just won an ebay auction on a Netra X1 (for 30b ,

>> :-)), and I'm now desperately waiting for the box do ship.

>> However, as it comes without hard-drives, I was wondering if i would have to

>> buy a drive <137GB or if I could give a 500Gig drive and a PCI-IDE Card a

>> try.

>

> The Netra X1 has no PCI slots.

>

> http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/validateUser.do?target=Systems/Netr...

>

> The Netra X1 is a fun little box to play with, and as you already

> know, available quite cheaply, but it's also very limited.

>

> For a huge step up in capability, while staying in the same price

> range, I'd suggest any of the Netra T1 boxes (model 105, AC200, etc).

Not bad box and I have a few of these as well, but the SCSI drives on

them are still pretty expensive I must admit and the box is, well, twice

the size and a few times it's weight. Just the shipping of one of these

box cost you the same as the price of one X1 alone. Don't get me wrong,

it's not bad at all, but but as friendly as th X1 and power wise, it's

not as low for sure.
Unless you absolutely needs that box, then I wouldn't use it, plus it is

limited to 73 Gb SCSI in them, so if you are after hard drive space,

then you get less in this box.
Again, not a bad box, so don't take it as such, not my first choice

however for many reasons.
Best,
Daniel