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From: petrilli@geech.ai.mit.edu (Chris Petrilli)
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Subject: Re: Slab on its side and odmach
Keywords: odmach position
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Date: 27 Feb 91 04:40:03 GMT
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Galen Hunt writes:
>1) Is there any potential danger in mounting a slab on its side?
>   My desk here has a book shelf above it that is not movable and
>   the only way I can fit my megapixel display on my desk is to take
>   the slab out from underneath it.  Currently my slab is on its side
>   between the display and the wall.  The floppy side is up and the 
>   bottom of the slab faces towards the display.  Is my system
>   going to die in the near future or is this a "healthy" position?

There should be no problem in mounting the slab on it's side, and I have
seen several SparcStations that are in holders on the side of a desk.  
The only part of the machine that is position sensative is the hard drive,
and it is OK as long as it isn't either on its face, or upside down.  The
floppy is pretty much immune, though the eject mechanism may not work as
well.

>2) I've noticed that in the root directory on a 200MB slab there is a file
>   called "odmach".  There is also a file called "sdmach".  I assume that
>   "sdmach" is the Mach image used when booting off of the 200MB SCSI drive
>   and that "odmach" is the Mach image used when booting off of the 
>   optical, but considering that you can't connect an optical to a slab, is
>   there any reason why I shouldn't drop "odmach" in the recycler and
>   recycle the 700K that it uses?

There is no reason to delete 'odmach' since it is simply a link, and not a 
seperate file unto itself.  By dragging it into the recycler, you will gain
only a few bytes.

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