Re: sun 3, SCSI, etc

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From: Alan Wm Paeth
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 18:41

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In <BwvHGJ.ELG@access.digex.com> brat@access.digex.com (Brat Wizard) writes:
>In article <epang.719701813@sfu.ca> epang@fraser.sfu.ca (Eugene Pang) writes:
>>As another question: Does anyone know if the SunOS 4.1 kernel has a limit
>>on the size of drive that can be connected to a Sun 3?  (We're considering
>>getting a 1.2 gig.)
>
>1.2 Gig is fine. We run a 2.4 on 4.1.1 (admittedly its on a 4/300 but the OS
>is the same)
>
>Brat WIzard

I heard the opposite (from Sun Pittsburgh tech support). The "bug" for large
disks on Sun4 hardware had a field patch and a subsequent rev made in its
executables, but no such patch/revision was issued for any Sun3 hardware (on
any version of SunOS). So 1.2GB and up is too big for a single partition, but
symbolic links might be a way around any size problems.

    /Alan Paeth

PS - I've not tried this at home. (My Sun3 is WrenIV-based for now).

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