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Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.questions Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!surfnet.nl!newshost.vu.nl!cs.vu.nl!sun4nl!Utrecht.NL.net!news.iaf.nl!news.es.iaf.nl!yedi!wilko From: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl (Wilko Bulte) Subject: Re: SunOS 4.1.1 and Large Drives Distribution: inet Organization: Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem, The Netherlands Message-ID: <Dq2qy8.1F2@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <3173F2F2.41C67EA6@oric.com> <4l35qn$bb4@wrdis02.robins.af.mil> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 20:15:44 GMT Lines: 17 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:22135 comp.unix.bsd.misc:788 comp.unix.solaris:66590 comp.unix.admin:40927 comp.unix.questions:80530 "0000-Admin(0000)" <root> writes: >Did you do a "boot -r" to reconfigure the system to recognize the drive??? This is SunOS, not Solaris... >NOTE: I do not believe you can create a filesystem bigger than 2GB on >SunOS4.1.1 which is not to say that you can't attach a 9GB drive to the system. >It's just you will have to create 2GB ( max ) mount points. I think there is also the need for the OS to implement SCSI commands with the big blocknumbers (longer CCBs with more space for the block#). I doubt that 4.1.1 does that.. WIlko