Ultra 10 + IBM DTLA 307030 + Solaris 8 problem

Daniel

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Jul 27, 2001, 3:55:44 PM7/27/01

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... format won't show me the whole capacity of 30.7GB but only 7.87 GB;
here is a log:
###################################################################
format> curr
Current Disk = c0t0d0
<IBM-DTLA-307030 cyl 16381 alt 2 hd 16 sec 63>
/pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/dad@0,0

format> part
partition> prin
Current partition table (original):
Total disk cylinders available: 16381 + 2 (reserved cylinders)

Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 root wm 1041 - 12947 5.72GB (11907/0/0)
12002256
1 swap wu 0 - 1040 512.37MB (1041/0/0)
1049328
2 backup wm 0 - 16380 7.87GB (16381/0/0)
16512048
3 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0)
0
4 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0)
0
5 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0)
0
6 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0)
0
7 home wm 12948 - 16379 1.65GB (3432/0/0)
3459456
partition> 3
Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
3 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0)
0

Enter partition id tag[unassigned]:
Enter partition permission flags[wm]:
Enter new starting cyl[0]: 16380
Enter partition size[0b, 0c, 0.00mb, 0.00gb]: 1gb
`1.00gb' is out of range
###################################################################
The Geometry reported by "current" (cyl 16381 hd 16 sec 63) is correct
according to IBM. The jumpers on the disk are set to 16 heads, master
(NO clipping - the jumpers look like this: |::|

Am i missing something? Any help greatly appreciated. Please remove
"nospam" from the mail address.

TIA,

Daniel

Ron!

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Jul 27, 2001, 8:18:24 PM7/27/01

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you have the newest revision of the openboot prom?...

i have an ultra5 with a 30 gig ibm drive (might be the same) and it
works fine...

and as the u5/u10 are very similar down to the board level, i don't
see what could be causing your problem, other than an outdated prom...

Ron!

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Mathew Kirsch

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Jul 30, 2001, 12:50:33 PM7/30/01

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Daniel wrote:

> ... format won't show me the whole capacity of 30.7GB but only 7.87 GB;

> Am i missing something? Any help greatly appreciated. Please remove

> "nospam" from the mail address.

Are you sure that you're running Solaris 8? The current 04/01 release of
Solaris does not have such a drive size limitation, and I think the FCS
version had a 32GB limit, not 8GB.

Daniel

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Jul 30, 2001, 1:36:33 PM7/30/01

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root@keaton [/]> uname -a
SunOS keaton 5.8 Generic_108528-08 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10

Ron! - i am not familiar with the procedure of updating / checking the
boot prom revision, can you provide me with some information? I didnt
find anything on Sun's website so far...

TIA,

Daniel

Mathew Kirsch

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Aug 6, 2001, 12:24:01 PM8/6/01

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Daniel wrote:

> root@keaton [/]> uname -a
> SunOS keaton 5.8 Generic_108528-08 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
>
> Ron! - i am not familiar with the procedure of updating / checking the
> boot prom revision, can you provide me with some information? I didnt
> find anything on Sun's website so far...

It is NOT a PROM revision problem... The PROM has absolutely nothing to do
with the hard drive size, and doesn't care how big it is.

Tony Tran

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Sep 3, 2001, 12:42:22 AM9/3/01

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Hi there,
I just bought an Ultra 10 440 Mhz OBP 3.27 running Solaris 2.8 07/01 (latest)
Can somebody tell me where I can find a 32 GB drive to use as a second drive?
(or even bigger drive).
The one i currently have is 13 GB and it is quickly used up :-(
Thanks,
Tony Tran
email: tony...@aol.com