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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!news.jsums.edu!news2.cais.net!news.cais.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!salliemae!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!wlbr!news.cerf.net!hacgate2.hac.com!sbdsk0838.sbrc.hac.com!user From: eraugust@igate1.hac.com (Eric R. Augustine) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: SunOS 4.1.1 and Large Drives Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 14:40:38 -0800 Organization: HAC Lines: 23 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <eraugust-1704961440380001@sbdsk0838.sbrc.hac.com> References: <3173F2F2.41C67EA6@oric.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 147.21.65.10 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:22101 comp.unix.bsd.misc:772 comp.unix.solaris:66428 comp.unix.admin:40842 comp.unix.questions:80450 In article <3173F2F2.41C67EA6@oric.com>, Ankush Narula <narula@oric.com> wrote: > Hello, > I'm attempting to attach a 9GB Seagate Elite to a Sun > SPARCstation II. I've managed to set the proper SCSI-ID [chomp chomp] > > I'm wondering if the drive is too big for such an old Sun. > Yes - it is too large for the addressing scheme of the OS. Your best bet is to get "Online: DiskSuite 1.0" from Sun Express. This should solve your problem. It allows formatting and addressing of large disks, hot-swapping, striping and mirroring (essentially allowing your Sparc to become a RAID) If it is to be a server the price is a bit on the high end - I think our price here was $2200... The basic non-server package is around $800. .trog-- This is my opinion and not that of my employer and should therefore not be considered anything my employer would say or support.