[rescue] Sun Ultra 5 video

Mike Hebel nimitz at nimitzbrood.com
Sat Dec 20 18:07:53 CST 2003


On Sunday, November 16, 2003, at 09:58 PM, Shawn Wallbridge wrote:

> On 16-Nov-03, at 9:12 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>
>> Speaking of U10s, I have a friend with a U10 who asked me some 
>> questions
>> about it that I realized I didn't know the answers to.
>>
>> (1) Does the U10's IDE controller have a limitation on the size and/or
>> speed of drives it can talk to?
>>
>
> I believe that the U5 and U10 use the same controller and I have a 
> 120GB Western Digital JB series in my U5. A friend said his 200GB 
> drive worked, but I can't see how. BTW, I am running Debian on mine 
> (he is running OpenBSD)

I think it's the disk subsystem that OpenBSD uses but again I'm 
guessing.  It seems to be able to install and work on systems that 
other things don't run properly on without tweaking - small /boot, etc.

Mike Hebel



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