Re: [cobalt-users] Maximum Hard disk size

[Marco Baurdoux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

le 13.8.2001 18:51, Phil Beynon à Infolink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx a écrit :

> 
> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> Found one previous case concerning the maximum disk size (
>> Limited to 32 Gb
>> because of an old BIOS), but this is still not very explicit.
>> If you check out the different disk sizes Sun proposes for it's
>> RaQ's you'll
>> see that the maximum they propose is 30 Gb, because of this problem !!!
>> 
>> So here are my questions :
>> * Is anyone aware of Cobalt ( Sun ) making a move towards a newer
>> version of
>> it's motherboard
>> * a solution to force a RaQ 3 or 4 to recognise a bigger hard disk.
>> 
>> 
>> Up to now I managed to make a copy an original 10 Gb Hard disk
>> onto a a 41Gb
>> disk an make it boot. However afterwards I cannot manage to install the
>> official patches :-((
>> 
>> Some of you might wonder why the heck we want to use 41 Gb disks??
>> Simple question, simple answer,
>> We offer 1 Gb of HD space to all our customers :-)) And believe me people
>> manage to fill it up.
>> 
>> Any ideas ???
> 
> 
> 1.) External SCSI disk box
> 2.) Quantum Snapserver

Hi phil,
Could you be a bit more explicit about the second option ??
> 
> Phil
> 
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