![]() noted that there was no new DHCP entry in his router for the server, but of course that was hardly surprising as the machine would have certainly had a static IP when it was in use. Built to be a pure server, the machine didn’t offer any video output so he’d have to log into it over the network. This meant the system passed all the internal checks and was ready to go, he just had to figure out how to talk to the thing. But in the end it worked out, and best of all, he documented the successful process of dragging this 90’s behemoth into the blinding light of the twenty-first century for all the world to see.Īfter getting the machine home and sitting through its thirty minute boot process, was relieved to see the code 01 B N pop on the server’s display. He knew it was something of a risk, as maintenance and repair tasks for these machines were intended to be done by IBM certified technicians rather than the DIYer, leaving little in the way of documentation or even replacement parts. So when a local IT company went belly up and was selling their old hardware, including a late 90’s era IBM AS/400e Series, jumped at the chance to take this unique piece of computing history home. Unless you’re a particularly big fan of COBOL you probably won’t have much use for one today, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t worth playing around with if the opportunity presents itself. Introduced in 1988 as a mid-range server line, it used a unique object-based operating system and was geared specifically towards business and enterprise customers. Now that we know the UUID of the SSD and we have a directory to mount it to, we can now set up auto mount for every time we boot our Pi.If you’ve never seen an IBM AS/400 machine, don’t feel bad. Sudo chmod a+rwx /home/pi/myssd/ Set up Automatic SSD Mounting In a new terminal window enter the following command to make a new directory called 'myssd': We also need to create a directory to mount the SSD to (this is where you'll access your SSDs files).įor ease, we're going to make a new directory in the usual /home/pi/ folder. Make a note of the long number in the UUID field - that's your SSD's UUID! We copied and pasted it into a text editor. The label field can help you identify your SSD too as you set the label earlier. You're looking for devices on 'sda' or 'sdb'. Open a new terminal window and type in the following commands and press Enter after each: Once you have Raspberry Pi OS installed you'll want to make sure it's all up to date. You can install Raspberry Pi OS on to a micro-SD card using the super-simple Raspberry Pi Imager software - or grab one of our pre-formatted micro-SD cards for convenience. Install Raspberry Pi OSĪs with all projects, you should make sure you're using the most recent Raspberry Pi OS and also ensure this is fully updated. ![]() * A word on USB SATA cables - they're not all equal when it comes to Raspberry Pi compatibility! We tested lots (as many just didn't work properly) before choosing the cable we supply. ![]()
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