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Inernal CDROM and Backup unit in an octane? - Infiltratr - 09-21-2018
I have seen this picture of an octane 2 with what appears to be a CDROM drive and Backup tape drive mounted into the drive caddy locations.
Does anyone know anything about these drives?
![[Image: SGI_Octane_2_closeup.png]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/SGI_Octane_2_closeup.png)
RE: Inernal CDROM and Backup unit in an octane? - uunix - 09-21-2018
Yep, the floppy disk drive (not CDROM) is upside (I tried taking it apart once since it annoyed me but to no avail) and the tape is a DDS 2 (iirc).
My very first original discreet Octane came with both of these.
RE: Inernal CDROM and Backup unit in an octane? - bjames - 09-23-2018
The top bay looks like a tape and the bottom looks like either a floppy or floptical drive.
The octane drive bays are too small for a 5.25” CD rom drive unit.