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In <865027426.25270@dejanews.com> kolree@roadrunner.carenet.org writes:

>I am planning to install a 2GB scsi-2 drive in a sparc classic and
>load it with solaris 2.5.1.  Before I start this, I am wondering if
>I will have any problems because of the size of the drive.  Will a
>classic handle an internal drive of this size?  What's the maximum
>size it will handle?

I have a 3.2 gig SCSI drive running in a Classic here. If it's a recent
model drive (I use Quantum Fireball's), you shouldn't have any problems with
power consumption or heating. 

If you are going to install SunOS 5.5 (aka Solaris 2.5) or later onto the
disk, the installation program should automatically ask the drive for it's
parameters and use them when it formats the drive before building the
filesystems. If you are using Quantum drives, the format will return almost
immediately since those drives don't need low-level formatting as it's
usually done at the factory before the drives are shipped.

I don't know what the maximum number of blocks that recent versions of SunOS
5.x will support, but I had no trouble setting up the 3.2 gig drive.

Regards,

Craig.

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