RB.
sorry for the delay just relaxing catching up on the list.
You could do what I do and have done:
I built a drive using one system with the full compliment of floppy,
good cd, etc. I opened the case, disconnected the cd drive, then I
 added the target hard drive, did the drive prep, and dd' the 
stuff I wanted on it.  Moved that drive back to its target machine,
and had two running.

That is the simple discription, Yeah I had some fun iwth diff size
drives, doing the label and hte boot stuff right but that should 
be pretty easy now.

As far as cd caddy, I can find them in various cd and media supply 
shops (including some university surplus places) I think the caddy
runs for about 3 bucks here i nthe states.

Good luck, I hope you enjoy having a mini beowolf cluster based on
NetBSD!!
bob 

rb wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I thought it would probably be fitting if I made my first post to this
> list something verging on "off-topic"... :c)
> 
> I've just acquired a DEC 3000/400 (32MB, 1.05GB, OpenVMS) with a CD-ROM
> but no caddy. Can anyone advise if this device takes a generic caddy or
> if I need something "DEC". I've got a boatload of old drawer-type SCSI
> drives here but am guessing that they somehow this machine won't play
> with them. Anyone had experience to the contrary?
> 
> I've also got a 3000/300 (32MB, 535MB with no removable media) which
> seems to have a basic OSF/1 but goes looking for /usr on another box
> which I don't have... :c).
> Can someone advise the specs of a suitable floppy disk drive for this
> machine? Or am I on a loser here...?
> 
> Hopefully I'll get NetBSD onto these boxes somehow!
> 
> Rory Beaton
> Dundee, Scotland
> 
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