[SunHELP] Ultra5/10 hardware question

[Greg]

On 12/03/01 07:41 PM, Mike Nicewonger wrote:

>>Drives sold with accurate C/H/S geometries have no OS limitations.  The 
>>20GB EIDE drives sold by Sun have "true" C/H/S geometries and work with 
>>the older Solaris releases even though the drive is larger than 8GB. 
>>It's not common to find EIDE disks that report a C/H/S geometry over 8GB 
>>"over the counter".
>>
> I have used Maxtor 30 GB drives bought over the counter from Best Buys with no
> problems in Ultra 5's.


You misinterpreted that last paragraph--- it addresses drives that will 
work *regardless* of the OS that is running.  If it has correct C/H/S 
info (ie, is *not* "over the counter") then a 30GB drive will work even 
on Solaris 2.5.1 which would  normally have a 8GB limit since it relies 
on the C/H/S info instead of the LBA info.  If you're using the 
appropriate revision of Solaris then the C/H/S info doesn't matter at all.

Which version of Solaris did you use with your 30GB drives?

-greg


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