[geeks] IDE drive problem on U5

[Sandwich Maker]

" Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:36:49 -0500
" From: William Barnett-Lewis <wlewisiii at gmail.com>
" 
" Hey all,
" 
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" Using the NetBSD 5, Solaris 7 & Solaris 8 installers, everything goes
" fine right up to the point of format/newfs. The most recent attempt
" was with the Solaris 8 "1 of 2" disk's installer and it stepped
" through everything just fine till I get to the time to slice & dice
" the disk.

something else to poke around further a bit: with the solaris
installers, when you get to the first question you can open a terminal
window and play with format at that point.

i vaguely recall an issue with labeling drives before the installer
could partition/newfs them, but i wouldn't expect this from drives
already presumably in service.  likewise, others have mentioned the
disk size issue, but format can't autodetect full capacity beyond
something absurdly small; you have to hand enter c/h/s values, but
again on drives already in service...
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