[rescue] IBM/Sun disk compatibility

Jonathan C. Patschke jp at celestrion.net
Mon Jul 11 15:49:11 CDT 2005


On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Phil Stracchino wrote:

> Does anyone know for certain whether these drives will work in Sun
> systems?  (And will they physically fit in U30/60/80?  I don't
> remember whether they will take 1.6" disks or not.  I know they'll fit
> in a 6-slot 711.)

If they're LVD/SE SCA disks, they should work just fine.  If Sun sells
the same disk under a Sun label, you might want to try shoehorning the
Sun firmware onto them to get better performance under Solaris.

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