[SunHELP] Largest IDE drive capacity on Solaris (SPARC and x86)

[Peter Stokes]

Hi

No experience on x86 versions, but the question with the E450 is simply you
cannot add/use IDE disks as they are SCSI/FCAL only systems. Only the lower
spec systems U5/10/Blade/X1 etc have IDE. They need the latest Sol 8 to work
with large IDE. Never tried a 120Gb, but have seen reports of 80Gb working
ok.

Peter
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-----Original Message-----
From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On
Behalf Of Thien Vu
Sent: 15 November 2001 00:28
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: [SunHELP] Largest IDE drive capacity on Solaris (SPARC and x86)


Hi all,

I could have sworn I've seen this question come up before, but I looked
through the last 6 months of archives and couldn't find it.

I've also looked in the FAQs, and although it says that there is a 32GB
limit, I've heard of people using the disks anyways and having them work.

Am I wrong about this?? Any confirmed stories of things working or not
working?

I'm asking because I want to put some Maxtor 120GB disks into either a
E450 or x86 machine, because we need that much capacity!

Any suggestions on increasing capacity without breaking the bank would be
great too.

Thanks,

Thien

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