[SunRescue] Hard drive size in Ultra 10

[Ken Hansen]

Sun has stated that you need to use Sun-labeled drives internally if you
want your equipment covered under warranty. I don't think they try and pull
this with external drives. They may have a marginal argument that they have
certain drives they know do not cause thermal problems, but it is something
they try and assert.

This is not a hardware limitation, it is a warranty coverage issue...

HTH,

Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Walkup" <rwalkup at cheqnet.net>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 7:39 PM
Subject: [SunRescue] Hard drive size in Ultra 10


> I've got a question on hard drive size on a ultraSPARC10.   The compsci
dept at
> my school bought one last year with a 9GB IDE drive.  The info they got
from
> Sun was that they had to use only those drives.  I know this isn't true
with my
> SPARC 5 and 2s.  Can they just slap in a larger (say 20GB) drive made by
some
> other manufacture?  Will solaris 8 have "issues" with a larger drive?