Re: Here's how to use large IDE drives with Ultra 5/10

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From: Casper H.S. Dik - Network Securi...
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 00:00

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vincent@cad.gatech.edu (Vincent Fox) writes:

>This should be a FAQ item by now. I see the same question
>reposted so often, and so many bad answers.

>You need Solaris 7 or later to deal with large (>8G) drives.

And that's all you need; Solaris 7 supports large IDE drives
and they work without your contortions.

If a drive was labeled under Solaris 2.6 you will need to zap
the drive label with dd.

Casper
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From: Casper.Dik@Holland.Sun.Com (Casper H.S. Dik - Network Security Engineer)
Subject: Re: Here's how to use large IDE drives with Ultra 5/10
Date: 1999/11/28
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