[SPARCbook] Which 2.5" IDE 6gb+ disks work well in 3GX?

[Mark G. Thomas]

Hello,

> I do have a 2Gb disk in my 3Gx, and I'm considering getting an upgrade.  I
> presume that the 2gb disk does have the IDE-SCSI converter on it.
> 
> I recall some messages about weird time outs and not getting the entire disk
> show up.  So I'm considering a 6gb or 8gb disk, but I'd like a reccomendation
> for a drive that others have tried and know to work - I'd rather not buy a disk
> that won't fit in the sled, or will time out, etc...
> 
> If you have sources I'd like those as well, but I'm probably going to get the
> disks from www.dirtcheapdrives.com as they're fairly reliable.
> 
> :)

Here is a segment of a message I posted in Decemeber, about my successful
experience replacing the 2GB drive with an 8GB drive:


I was fortunate enough to have a 2GB drive and the IDE-SCSI card in the
carrier for my SPARCBook-3GX, so was able to upgrade to an 8.19 GB IBM 
drive.  The replacement drive is an IBM TravelStar DCXA-208100.  After
replacing the drive I did an install of Solaris-2.6 5/98, then applied
the latest 2.6_Recommended patch cluster, the Tadpole packages, and the
Tadpole patches.

The only wrinkle I ran into was that after suspending the system, 
the cpr resume would fail with a "short read" trying to access 
/export/home/.CPR.  My guess is there is some limitation with how far
into the disk the cprboot process is able to access.  The solution
was to modify /etc/power.conf to use /var/.CPR for the statefile, then
run pmconfig.


-- 
Mark G. Thomas (Mark at Misty.com -- http://www.misty.com/)