[parisc-linux] soft power and power light on 712/60

[Joel Soete]

>
>The only thing unusual about the setup is that I replaced the old 500mb
HP
>hard drive with a 4.5gig IBM drive with a 68pin-50pin converter.
>
Hmm it is highly probable.

Four years ago, for a project of upgrade 712 workstation, we asked to HP
if it was possible to put internal (SE) 4Gb disk. HP said that it was only
supported on 712/100.

Later, I had the opportunity to test Linux on a old 4Gb (SE) external disk
with an old 712/60. (Even thought it was the very begining, it still works
fine and help me a lot). Then I remember that 'not supported' didn' t means
that it would not works. So I removed this disk from its enclosure and put
it into the workstation. Well it works but not for a long time: apparently
it warmed too much  but fortunately not too long time (so I can put it back
in its original enclosure and continu to work). So there are an actual problem
of heat exchange in this small box?

>Is the drive and converter causing the problem, or is there something I
can
>do software wise to fix this?
>
For above mentioned project, we also use external SE 4Gb disk with wide (68
pins) connector without pb. Is your 4.5Gb IBM disk is well of SE type?

hth,
    Joel

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