[SunHELP] adding a disk to an ultra10

Frank-Christian Kruegel sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Wed Apr 4 13:12:34 CDT 2001


On Wed, 04 Apr 2001 14:05:10 -0600, you wrote:

>Hi,
>I am trying to install an 80GB disk on an ultra10
>running solaris 7.  The disk (ide maxtor) is recognized
>by the system but it thinks that it is only 13.33 GB
>when I look at the partition table in format.  Is my next step
>to make a new partition table that is correct and format the disk
>or do i have to upgrade the sun somehow.  I believe i heard of
>this happening before to an ultra5.  Please help.
>I have been looking everywhere for info and I come up with nothing.

You must upgrade to Solaris 8 10/00 or later, which contains a fix for =
the IDE
size limit.


Mit freundlichen Gr=FC=DFen

Dipl.-Ing. Frank-Christian Kr=FCgel
IstDa Kommunikationssysteme




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