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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
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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.