From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Oct 18 1:16:54 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.dircon.net (mx1.dircon.net [194.112.50.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E37AB37B4D7 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 01:16:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from diablo.dircon.net (desk108.ch.dircon.net [195.157.3.108]) by mx1.dircon.net (8.9.1.Dirconised/8.9.1) with ESMTP id JAA06202; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 09:16:44 +0100 (BST) Received: by diablo.dircon.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2E77B1B22E; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 09:16:44 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 09:16:44 +0100 From: Mark Blackman To: "Jason J. Horton" Cc: Palle Girgensohn , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP LPr & FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20001018091644.A94280@diablo.dircon.net> References: <39EB6B8A.8B65C4FA@partitur.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from jason@intercom.com on Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 05:02:20PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org As far as mounting goes, if these are like the compaq 1U boxes (DL360), then you "only" need to replace the vertical panel mount rails with ones that have the appropriate profile panel mount panel mount normal profile modified Dell/Compaq/HP profile __________ ___________ | | | |shelf/slider mount point front | | shelf/slider | |___________ (back)| | mount point | of | |___________ | rack | | | | The second profile doesn't foul the center line between the front and back panel mounts the way the standard one does. Just finished fighting this battle a couple of days ago. Telehouse (in London) kindly advised what the correct thing to do was. - Mark On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 05:02:20PM -0400, Jason J. Horton wrote: > > Hmm. This is a problem for me. Is it too wide, or why will it > > not mount? > > No, widthwise it will fit into a standard 19" rack, its the depth and > the provided rails that make it difficult. Its kind of like Compaqs > and Dells, unless you have a cabinet made by them, you are stuck with > putting the server on a shelf in your cabinet. > > -J > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message