[SunHELP] Re: Quick money wise question..

[Sandwich Maker]

"From: Hichael Morton <mh1272 at yahoo.com>
"
"the 9gb hard drive might be a little small but with the most current
"obp flash update and solaris 8, you will be able to use larger (and
"non-sun) hard drives.  (i have used 20gb & 40gb seagate drives in u10s
"successfully.)

you don't need s8 to handle a larger drive, if you set the geometry by
hand in format.

2.6 for example has a 16k cylinder limit iirc, but drives always
autoreport their geometry as 16 heads * 64 sectors.  solaris can
handle way more than that [256 * 768?], so get creative.  start by
going to the drive maker's site and finding what geometry they
recommend...  as long as you get the total blocks [almost] covered,
the geometry doesn't really matter.
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