[SunHELP] Ultra5/10 hardware question

[Hichael Morton]

Silly me!

When I asked Sun Support (1-800-USA-4-SUN) about adding a larger hard
drive, they told me that I needed to update the PROM as well as have the
appropriate OS & patches.

I guess Sun has no idea of what they are talking about, huh?

:;|

HM


Steve Wingate wrote:
> 
> No, you need a more recent version of Solaris. Check the maillist archives but Sol 8 should have support for 30GB+ disks around 10/00 or 01/01.
> 
> On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 14:58:55 -0500
> "Mike Nicewonger" <twmaster at twmaster.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 03 Dec 2001, you wrote:
> > > I'm trying to install Solaris 8 on a 30GB Maxtor Drive on Ultra10 but the installation displays only 8062MB disk space. How can I make the Solaris installation see the correct size of the disk (30GB) instead of 8062MB.
> > >
> > You need to update the PROM.
> >
> > Mike N
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