From: Berthold Gunreben <b.gunreben@web.de>
To: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org
Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] {kinda OT] A4947A applicability? and FC driver work
Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 14:25:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200305041008.49439.b.gunreben@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030504041715.GH31610@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk>
Am Sonntag, 4. Mai 2003 06:17 schrieb Matthew Wilcox:
> On Sat, May 03, 2003 at 07:54:57PM -0800, Tom wrote:
> > I found one of these kits on eBay - C200 to C240 upgrade, CPU on
> > mainboard. Do any of the HP techs around here know if it'll also fit a
> > C180? It'd be nice to drop a large performance upgrade into it for not
> > much cash...
>
> Well... it'll _fit_. Whether firmware will work properly is anyone's
> guess. There's various differences between the C180 and C200 that
> make this combination not sure to succeed. My personal opinion (and
> not speaking on behalf of my emplyer) is that it's going to work 90%.
I don=B4t think you will be very happy with it. One of the bigger problems =
will=20
be your power supply. The C240 has a much stronger power supply (at least t=
he=20
one that I have) than the C180.=20
> Maybe the onboard scsi controller won't be initialised properly.
> Maybe the missing bit of init won't make any difference to Linux or
> maybe it'll start corrupting data. It's a bit of a gamble.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-05-04 12:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-04 3:54 [parisc-linux] {kinda OT] A4947A applicability? and FC driver work Tom
2003-05-04 4:17 ` Matthew Wilcox
2003-05-04 12:25 ` Berthold Gunreben [this message]
2003-05-04 16:15 ` Derek Engelhaupt
2003-05-04 16:43 ` Chuck Slivkoff
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