Hi,

does anybody know what maximum size disk I can use in a SPARCstation IPX?

I have been thinking about putting a 4.5 GB disk into it - 200 MB is just
too little.

/Thomas

No problem.

You need to keep the entire "/" filesystem within the first 1 or 2
gigs though, depending on the OBP version, or you may have problems
booting the system.

Thomas

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:48:32 +0000, Thomas Tornblom wrote:

> No problem.

Goody

> You need to keep the entire "/" filesystem within the first 1 or 2
> gigs though, depending on the OBP version, or you may have problems
> booting the system.

Hmmm ... I know my systems says it's got ROM revision 2.3 - isn't that the
OBP?

/Thomas

Thomas Skyt <thomas@sofagang.dk> writes:

> On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:48:32 +0000, Thomas Tornblom wrote:
>
> > No problem.
>
> Goody
>
> > You need to keep the entire "/" filesystem within the first 1 or 2
> > gigs though, depending on the OBP version, or you may have problems
> > booting the system.
>
> Hmmm ... I know my systems says it's got ROM revision 2.3 - isn't that the
> OBP?

Yep. That is a fairly old version. The first IPX OBP was 2.1 and the
final was 2.9.

I believe it will handle a < 2G "/", but I'm not positive. It will
definitely handle a < 1G "/".


>
> /Thomas

Thomas

On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 19:48:39 +0000, Thomas Tornblom wrote:

> Thomas Skyt <thomas@sofagang.dk> writes:
>
>> On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:48:32 +0000, Thomas Tornblom wrote:
>> > You need to keep the entire "/" filesystem within the first 1 or 2
>> > gigs though, depending on the OBP version, or you may have problems
>> > booting the system.
>>
>> Hmmm ... I know my systems says it's got ROM revision 2.3 - isn't that the
>> OBP?
>
> Yep. That is a fairly old version. The first IPX OBP was 2.1 and the
> final was 2.9.
>
> I believe it will handle a < 2G "/", but I'm not positive. It will
> definitely handle a < 1G "/".

Okay.

I'll have to try it out - as soon as anybody would just let me win one of
those ebay-auctions on scsi-drives

/Thomas

Thomas Skyt <thomas@sofagang.dk> writes:

> On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 19:48:39 +0000, Thomas Tornblom wrote:
>
> > Thomas Skyt <thomas@sofagang.dk> writes:
> >
> >> On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:48:32 +0000, Thomas Tornblom wrote:
> >> > You need to keep the entire "/" filesystem within the first 1 or 2
> >> > gigs though, depending on the OBP version, or you may have problems
> >> > booting the system.
> >>
> >> Hmmm ... I know my systems says it's got ROM revision 2.3 - isn't that the
> >> OBP?
> >
> > Yep. That is a fairly old version. The first IPX OBP was 2.1 and the
> > final was 2.9.
> >
> > I believe it will handle a < 2G "/", but I'm not positive. It will
> > definitely handle a < 1G "/".
>
> Okay.
>
> I'll have to try it out - as soon as anybody would just let me win one of
> those ebay-auctions on scsi-drives

The problem is that it may very well work to install and boot on a
larger "/", but once parts needed to boot end up beyond the 2G (or 1G)
border, you won't be able to boot.

I installed a 9G disk in an ss10, with an 8G "/" and a 1G swap, and it
worked fine for a while. When the filesystem was filled to beyond the
2G border and I installed the kernel patch, the system would no longer
boot :-(

>
> /Thomas

Thomas

On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 21:39:07 GMT
Thomas Tornblom <thomas@Hax.SE.remove-to-reply> wrote:

> Thomas Skyt <thomas@sofagang.dk> writes:
>
> > On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 19:48:39 +0000, Thomas Tornblom wrote:
> >
> > > Thomas Skyt <thomas@sofagang.dk> writes:
> > >
> > >> On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:48:32 +0000, Thomas Tornblom wrote:
> > >> > You need to keep the entire "/" filesystem within the first 1
> > >or 2> > gigs though, depending on the OBP version, or you may have
> > >problems> > booting the system.
> > >>
> > >> Hmmm ... I know my systems says it's got ROM revision 2.3 - isn't
> > >that the> OBP?
> > >
> > > Yep. That is a fairly old version. The first IPX OBP was 2.1 and
> > > the final was 2.9.
> > >
> > > I believe it will handle a < 2G "/", but I'm not positive. It will
> > > definitely handle a < 1G "/".
> >
> > Okay.
> >
> > I'll have to try it out - as soon as anybody would just let me win
> > one of those ebay-auctions on scsi-drives
>
> The problem is that it may very well work to install and boot on a
> larger "/", but once parts needed to boot end up beyond the 2G (or 1G)
>
> border, you won't be able to boot.
>
> I installed a 9G disk in an ss10, with an 8G "/" and a 1G swap, and it
>
> worked fine for a while. When the filesystem was filled to beyond the
> 2G border and I installed the kernel patch, the system would no longer
>
> boot :-(
>
> >
> > /Thomas

no problem on a 4G "/" partition on a 50G HD with SS5. I've just made au
little "/boot". Run perfectly under linux.

MiniHOWTO (in French, sorry )
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the comments.
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