Hi y'all.
I recently aquired a NetApp F220, and need the operating
system/operation software for this. I have been unable to find any good
information on this, even from NetApp. Can I run Linux on this? Would
NASLite work? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks.

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On 23 Jan 2007 09:59:36 -0800, randybean@mail.com wrote:

>Hi y'all.
>    I recently aquired a NetApp F220, and need the operating
>system/operation software for this. I have been unable to find any good
>information on this, even from NetApp. Can I run Linux on this? Would
>NASLite work? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks.


That hardware is circa 1989.  It would be like running an Sun IPX
today.
I don't think the Ontap version that will run on this is even
available from NetApp anymore.  Not to mention you would need NFS/CIFS
licenses for it to do anything.

It will not run Linux nor any other OS unless you REALLY want to hack
the snot out of it.  And I mean re-flsashing proms and the like.

My suggestion would be to toss it or use it to hold open those really
heavy doors.

~F

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In article <2l7gr2h6lnh0tcbtbt9lg8l6rirjmjpm66@4ax.com>,
Faeandar  <mr_castalot@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On 23 Jan 2007 09:59:36 -0800, randybean@mail.com wrote:
> 
>
>
>That hardware is circa 1989.

That sounds a little early for NetApp.

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On 2007-01-26, Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@panix.com> wrote:
> That sounds a little early for NetApp.

I'd guess the F220 would rather be from around 1995/1996.

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In <1169575176.337160.108270@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>,
randybean@mail.com wrote:
>Hi y'all.
>    I recently aquired a NetApp F220, and need the operating
>system/operation software for this. I have been unable to find any good
>information on this, even from NetApp. Can I run Linux on this? Would
>NASLite work? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>Thanks.

You might find NetApp more help full if you paid
for a support contract.  But if that is really the
model filer I'm thinking (would you say its color
could be called "nuclear banana"?), then it came
out around 1996, and has a 1.75-MHz Pentium.  To
do WAFL with it, you'd want the last release of
Data Ontap which supported it, which I think is
5.3.7R3, but you might need a firmware update too.

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Edwin

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> could be called "nuclear banana"?), then it came
> out around 1996, and has a 1.75-MHz Pentium.

Maybe 175MHz?

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StorageCraft Corporation
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