[Sunhelp] 20 Gig ATA IDE

[bob i thomas]

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On Fri, 3 Mar 2000 15:54:55    Calvin Wells wrote:
>I'm trying to install a 20gig IDE on 
>Solaris x86 2.7. I can't seem to get 
>it larger than 8 gigabytes. The bios reports it as
>lba 20gig. Is 8 gigs the maximum capacity for a partition (slice).
>Do I need a patch or updated driver.
>ASUS PIII 500 Mhz with 256 Megs of Ram.
>One 8 gig harddrive and one 20 Gig harddrive.
>
>Right off the back, solaris x86 would not install
>on this machine until I got the updated configuration assistant
>disk. So I'm wondering if this limitation is also requires an update.
>
>Help?
>
>
>Calvin Wells
>wellsc at ezlookin.com
>
You have the same problem I have- a bad bios!!! IBM or COMPAQ or something stupid right?
yeah there is nothing you can do about it, will except install solaris on a smaller drive.



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