Merlin to Win 2000
Merlin is an IBM Netfinity 3000 Type 8476-31U SN 23FK107.
Two SCSI Drives (0) and (1) are in the back bays 5 and 6.
Target bay 2 for third drive.
IBM 10/100 Ethernet PCI Adapter 100Base-TX, 10 Base T.
Used Ctrl A at boot up to access Adaptec SCSI Select Utility.
Available IDs: 2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15.
7 is taken by AHA-2940 Ultra/Ultra W controller.
8 - 15 are external SCSI.
IBM 9.1GB Wide Ultra SCSI HDD
- Jumper settings
1 spare (50 pin) ID BIT 3 (for wide) - open
2 id for bit 2 - open
3 id for bit 1 - closed (to set SCSI 2)
4 id bit for 0 - open
5 enable auto spin - closed
6 SCSI Term on - open (not at end of chain)
7 Disable Unit Attn - open
8 TI Sync Negro - Open
9 Auto Start Delay - open
10 Delay Start 6/12 - open
11 Disable Parity - open
12 LED out - open
Per manual: "The SCSI Cable provides termination."
IDE controller for CD drive:
IDE CD-ROM (ATAPI 1.2)/Dual-channel IDE Controller
LG CD-ROM CRD-8322B
Bay 2 has 3.5 inch conversion kit pre-installed.
Removed 2 screws holding conversion kit in place.
Slid out front.
SCSI ID 0 = IBM-PSG DNES-309170W
SCSI ID 1 = IBM-PSG DNES-309170W
SSCI ID 2 = IBM-PCCO DDRS-39130W <-- new drive
System-security - Keyboard is Unlocked
176 The system has been tampered with.
(Don't use CTRL+ALT+DEL. Netfinity doesn't like it.)
With 3 8.9 Gig Disks installed goal:
Disk 1: Vol C: Boot/OS 2 GIG FAT (WIN2K)
Disk 1: Vol D: APP: 6 GIG NTFS (NOTES/DOMINO/ETC)
Disk 2: Vol J: DATA 8.5 GIG NTFS MIRROR (NOTES/DATA, DOMINO/DATA)
Disk 3: Vol J: (Mirror)
Ctr-A at Boot to Adaptec AHA-2940 Ultra/Ultra W utility. Low Level format disk 1.
Make Win 2k Boot disks using CD:\bootdisk\makeboot.exe
Used Win 2K to create 2047 MB C: partition
Chose FAT option.
Admin hh+les mis
Formatted Disk 1 C: as 2 GIG FAT. Installed WIN2K Server.
Formatted Disk 1 D: as 6 GIG NTFS
Formatted Disk 2 J: 8.5 GIG NTFS w/ Disk 3 as mirror
Installed PCAnywhere 9.2 w/ LiveUpdate. Set to run as service. Access is Windows Administrator Group.
Renamed Administrator to the DNU.
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