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		<title>How do I find, read and understand Sun part numbers on hard drives? How can I identify if I have a Sun Original or a Third Party Hard drive?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A: First and foremost, you should read this tutorial on understanding Sun part number nomenclature. Once you understand what Sun part#s generally look like, the following tutorial will be easier to understand. Summary: 1) Does it have a Sun part# on the bottom left hand corner of the label on top of the the drive? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sun.3113.com/2008/02/22/how-do-i-find-read-and-understand-sun-part-numbers-on-hard-drives-how-can-i-identify-if-i-have-a-sun-original-or-a-third-party-hard-drive/</link>
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		<title>How do Sun hard drives differ from non-Sun hard drives? Can I use a non-Sun disk in my Sun server?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A: The answer is &#8220;yes and no.&#8221; Seriously, though, while it is sometimes possible to physically use non-Sun disks in Sun machines, there are a lot of &#8220;if/then/and/or&#8221; type questions you need to consider first.One of the most important things to realize is that there is a difference between what is technologically possible and what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sun.3113.com/2008/02/22/how-do-sun-hard-drives-differ-from-non-sun-hard-drives-can-i-use-a-non-sun-disk-in-my-sun-server/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;How do I love thee? Let me count the ways&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so strictly speaking, this is not a computer joke. . . but being that today is Valentine&#8217;s Day, and this was sent to me by one of my Sun consulting friends, I figured it was ok to post it:  When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie That&#8217;s amore. When an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sun.3113.com/2008/02/14/how-do-i-love-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/</link>
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		<title>Someone told me to look at the banner. How do I check the banner on my Sun box? What information can I get from the banner command?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A: SUMMARY: 1) From wherever you are, bring the machine to the OK prompt. 2) At the OK prompt, type banner. 3) Reading and understanding banner information. DETAILED: 1) From wherever you are, bring the machine to the OK prompt. First you need to bring the machine to to the OK prompt. This is also [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sun.3113.com/2008/02/13/someone-told-me-to-look-at-the-banner-how-do-i-check-the-banner-on-my-sun-box-what-information-can-i-get-from-the-banner-command/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;The First Poem Written for Computers&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A customer of mine recently sent me a link to &#8220;The First Poem Written for Computers&#8221; &#8212; for the benefit of those who click through and don&#8217;t understand it, I&#8217;ll explain: To sysadmin / programmer types, each symbol on the keyboard has a &#8220;slang name&#8221;, for example # is known as &#8220;hash&#8221;, ! is known [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sun.3113.com/2008/02/12/the-first-poem-written-for-computers/</link>
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		<title>Positive feedback and glowing praise for AnySystem.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So today I got to thinking &#8212; what if I wasn&#8217;t the one writing this blog. What if I were a reader? Wouldn&#8217;t I think that the author was just a bit biased in favor of AnySystem, particularly because his paycheck comes from there? Well, that got me to thinking . . . and I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sun.3113.com/2008/02/10/positive-feedback-and-glowing-praise-for-anysystemcom/</link>
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		<title>How do I read Sun part number stickers?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reading Sun part numbers might seem like a black art to some, but after reading this quick primer, you too will be an expert. The first thing to know is that Sun is not a manufacturer. Strictly speaking, they do not actually manufacture many, if any, of their parts. For example, they use Seagate and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sun.3113.com/2008/02/10/how-do-i-read-sun-part-number-stickers/</link>
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		<title>How to overclock your Sun UltraSPARC box.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Right off the bat, I&#8217;m going to tell you that following the tips in this tutorial is probably a bad idea. For the love of everything that is sacred, read the disclaimer page. It&#8217;s important to note that raising the clock speed of any machine (not just Sun machines) generally raises it&#8217;s heat output, so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sun.3113.com/2008/02/09/how-to-overclock-your-sun-ultrasparc-box/</link>
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		<title>I forgot my Solaris password. How do I wipe out, bypass or disable the root password in Solaris?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A: There are several situations you might find yourself in which might require you to bypass or temporarily disable the root password on a Solaris machine. For example, you have an old Sun machine that you pulled out of the closet, or someone might have asked you to fix their Sun machine. In any case, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sun.3113.com/2008/02/07/i-forgot-my-solaris-password-how-do-i-wipe-out-bypass-or-disable-the-root-password-in-solaris/</link>
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		<title>Sun&#8217;s quoting / ordering system has been down for the last two weeks!?!?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a sales rep at AnySystem.com. We are independent resellers of Sun hardware &#8211; meaning that we are not Sun authorized resellers. Sometimes it strikes people as odd that we would not only be content with that, but that we would PREFER being independent. After all, wouldn&#8217;t it be better for us to be an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sun.3113.com/2008/02/04/suns-quoting-ordering-system-has-been-down-for-the-last-two-weeks/</link>
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