Steve Clark wrote:
On 07/13/2011 12:46 AM, Ron Blizzard wrote:
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:54 PM, John R Pierce pierce@hogranch.com wrote:
On 07/12/11 11:53 AM, Ron Blizzard wrote:
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Steve Clarksclark@netwolves.com wrote:
With an HP DL140 we open the cover and temporarily plug in a standard atapi 5.25 DVD drive in place of the CD drive.
If he's talking about a standard Optiplex GX240, it takes a regular IDE DVD drive which is almost a throw-away item these days.
an HP DL140 is a 1U server that uses a very slim laptop style drive.
Even laptop style DVD drives have become a near throw-away item. Everyone wants DVD writers now.
Yeah, but it is really hard to find atapi style laptop drives, everything has gone to sata.
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If there is support in the BIOS, you can use USB DVD drive, even if you use USB rack for HDD 3.5" and hook regular DVD drive instead of HDD. I have done that in the past.
Ljubomir