rescued old server

[Paul Moore]

I am not positive that this is the same server you are dealing with, but here 
is a link to a Digital Prioris XL 5xxx series of manuals....  Hope it helps!

http://www.compaq.com/legacysupport/digital/xl.html

Supporting all in their hour of hardware need,
Paul Moore


Quoting Kirk Grauf <kgrauf at cox.net>:

> Hi everybody,
> first, like to also offer congratulations to Netllama and Mrs. on their
> new addition, it is a blessing indeed.
> 
> I was helping a friend clean out an office on a business that had
> recently folded and found in the trash  a Digital Prioris XL server
> 5133. It had a key and note attached with root password and boot
> instructions. I took it home, plugged it in and it has Unix Open Server
> 5.0 running on it. uname -a produced SCO-SV 3.2 2 i386 
> 
> When it booted it has SCSI interface for hd, tape drive and CD; also
> noted a 4 plug modem and network card. The tape drive had a 3M Magnus
> 2.0 2 Gb tape in it (the tape is 6" X 4")
> 
> One of my questions is how do I get the cover off of this thing? Its not
> like any case I've seen lately. No screws, slots etc to get inside the
> thing. Anybody have any experience with this server or version of SCO? 
> 
> I was thinking I would reformat it (once I can get inside to get a look
> at the guts) and put Linux on it for my home network. I have SUSE 7.3,
> Caldera 3.1.1, and Red Hat.
> 
> Thank you for any of your thoughts. 
> 
> Kirk Grauf
> Omaha, Nebraska
> 
> 
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Paul
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