🚀 go-pugleaf

Beware of two things:

1) Solaris can only boot from a root filesystem that is 2.1 GB
or less.  If you make root more than this, it won't boot after
install.  Not a problem with your drive, but just for info.

2) DON'T put a fast drive in the machine.  I ran a Barracuda for
a while in my LX until I noticed that the back of the machine
was putting out really warm air.  I switched the Barracuda (the 
boot disk) with a Hawk in a Sun 411 case and it is much happier.
In general, 5400 RPM or less drives should be fine.

Toby


Craig Dewick wrote:
> 
> 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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