On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 5:05 PM Zane Healy <heal...@avanthar.com> wrote:
> > On Apr 29, 2019, at 1:52 PM, Warner Losh <i...@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > While it might not be useful for all applications, I've gone down to the > hardware store and purchased "angle iron" and cut it to length. I then > drill a whole through it in a couple of places and bolt it to the rack. > It's not as nice as sliders, but it gets the job done for all the systems > I've used in the past couple of decades. It wouldn't work well, however, > for systems that have big heavy disk drives, for tape drives, etc. It also > burns 1 U in the rack. For me that's not been an issue but others have > complained about that in the past when I've suggested this. > > Warner > > > I figure that loosing 1U will be less of a concern than the insulating > effects of putting a sheet of wood in there. I’m giving real consideration > to jury rigging something. > > I’ll pick up the rack and then go from there. > I put wood there too :) But only when the chassis is venting front to back (or back to front) as opposed to top to bottom... Though it's been a long time since I've seen top to bottom... Warner