[Sunhelp] Solaris 7 x86 and WD 13.6G HD

Sat May 13 15:26:55 CDT 2000

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Hi,

I desperately need help.  I have been trying to install Solaris on a =
Pentium 166 I had around for use as a server.  I went out and bought a =
brand new Western Digital 13.6G E-IDE drive.  I also have an old 4.5G =
drive as the boot drive in the system.  The problem I am having is =
getting Solaris to see the whole drive.  Currently I can only get it to =
see about 8G of the 13.6G drive.  The physical geometry (also reported =
in BIOS) is:

CYLS:         26354
HEADS:      16
SECTOR:    63

Solaris is only seeing about 16000 cylinders no matter what I do.  I =
have tried to set a custom type in format, but after it is saved, I go =
into FDISK and choose 100% for Solaris, it only does the first 16k =
cylinders.  I can't make multiple partitions because it thinks it is =
using 100%.  I verified the drive with a bootable version of Partition =
Magic I have.  It reports the total formatable capacity as 12,971MB.  If =
anyone can lead me in the right direction, I would appreciate it.  I am =
getting ready to give up on Solaris and get one of the Linux =
distributions at this rate.

PS - Is Solaris 8 x86 worth the $75 upgrade?

Thanks,

Scott

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I desperately need help.  I have =
been trying=20
to install Solaris on a Pentium 166 I had around for use as a =
server.  I=20
went out and bought a brand new Western Digital 13.6G E-IDE drive.  =
I also=20
have an old 4.5G drive as the boot drive in the system.  The =
problem I am=20
having is getting Solaris to see the whole drive.  Currently I can =
only get=20
it to see about 8G of the 13.6G drive.  The physical geometry (also =

reported in BIOS) is:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>CYLS:         =
26354</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>HEADS:     =20
16</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>SECTOR:    =
63</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Solaris is only seeing about 16000 =
cylinders no=20
matter what I do.  I have tried to set a custom type in format, but =
after=20
it is saved, I go into FDISK and choose 100% for Solaris, it =
only does the=20
first 16k cylinders.  I can't make multiple partitions because it =
thinks it=20
is using 100%.  I verified the drive with a bootable version of =
Partition=20
Magic I have.  It reports the total formatable capacity as =
12,971MB. =20
If anyone can lead me in the right direction, I would appreciate =
it.  I am=20
getting ready to give up on Solaris and get one of the Linux =
distributions at=20
this rate.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>PS - Is Solaris 8 x86 worth the $75=20
upgrade?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Scott</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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