On Wed, 13 Jul 2011, Steve Clark wrote:
> To: CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> From: Steve Clark <sclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Installing from CD
>
> On 07/13/2011 12:46 AM, Ron Blizzard wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:54 PM, John R Pierce<pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > On 07/12/11 11:53 AM, Ron Blizzard wrote:
>> > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Steve
>> > > Clark<sclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.
Try the older latops, you might even pick up a bare drive on
ebay.
HTH
Keith
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