Does anyone happen to know the maximum capacity of the onboard IDE
controller for Sun Fire v100. I would like to replace the standard
40GB disk with a 250GB.

TL

On Sat, 15 May 2004 05:30:12 -0500
Tom Leines <tl@techemail.com> wrote:

> Does anyone happen to know the maximum capacity of the onboard IDE
> controller for Sun Fire v100. I would like to replace the standard
> 40GB disk with a 250GB.

137gb


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Barbie LeVile wrote:
> On Sat, 15 May 2004 05:30:12 -0500
> Tom Leines <tl@techemail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Does anyone happen to know the maximum capacity of the onboard IDE
>>controller for Sun Fire v100. I would like to replace the standard
>>40GB disk with a 250GB.
>
>
> 137gb

Please give me more details, I tried to install a 120 Gbytes (Seagate)
and I was not able to format (create partitions on) the disk.

Angel Cabello

On Mon, 17 May 2004 12:16:17 +0200, angel cabello <acabello@masterd.es> wrote:
>
>
>Barbie LeVile wrote:
>> On Sat, 15 May 2004 05:30:12 -0500
>> Tom Leines <tl@techemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Does anyone happen to know the maximum capacity of the onboard IDE
>>>controller for Sun Fire v100. I would like to replace the standard
>>>40GB disk with a 250GB.
>>
>>
>> 137gb
>
>Please give me more details, I tried to install a 120 Gbytes (Seagate)
>and I was not able to format (create partitions on) the disk.

Be more specific, ie. why were you not able to create the partitions?
Any error messages? You only see 8Gig? V100 not detecting the HD?

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>>
>>Please give me more details, I tried to install a 120 Gbytes (Seagate)
>>and I was not able to format (create partitions on) the disk.
>
>
> Be more specific, ie. why were you not able to create the partitions?
> Any error messages? You only see 8Gig? V100 not detecting the HD?
>

I use the original Seagate 40 Gbytes to boot the system, and I put
another Seagate barracuda 120 Gbytes. I reboot the machine and when I
use format it shows me only the 40 Gbytes disk. I change the 120 Gbytes
to a 40 Gbytes disk and it worked fine.

I use that v100 to hot backup data (later I save it in a tape), so I
never have enougth disk.

Angel Cabello

pardillico <acabello@masterd.es> wrote:

> >>
> >>Please give me more details, I tried to install a 120 Gbytes (Seagate)
> >>and I was not able to format (create partitions on) the disk.
> >
> >
> > Be more specific, ie. why were you not able to create the partitions?
> > Any error messages? You only see 8Gig? V100 not detecting the HD?
> >

> I use the original Seagate 40 Gbytes to boot the system, and I put
> another Seagate barracuda 120 Gbytes. I reboot the machine and when I
> use format it shows me only the 40 Gbytes disk. I change the 120 Gbytes
> to a 40 Gbytes disk and it worked fine.

> I use that v100 to hot backup data (later I save it in a tape), so I
> never have enougth disk.

> Angel Cabello

Why don't you just put the 120G drive in as a second drive?

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>
>>I use the original Seagate 40 Gbytes to boot the system, and I put
>>another Seagate barracuda 120 Gbytes. I reboot the machine and when I
>>use format it shows me only the 40 Gbytes disk. I change the 120 Gbytes
>>to a 40 Gbytes disk and it worked fine.
>
>
>>I use that v100 to hot backup data (later I save it in a tape), so I
>>never have enougth disk.
>
>
>>Angel Cabello
>
>
> Why don't you just put the 120G drive in as a second drive?
>
I have to improve my english, that is what I have done, use the 120
Gbyte as the second (slave) hard disk, the system disk is the 40Gbytes.

Angel

angel cabello <acabello@masterd.es> wrote:

> >
> >>I use the original Seagate 40 Gbytes to boot the system, and I put
> >>another Seagate barracuda 120 Gbytes. I reboot the machine and when I
> >>use format it shows me only the 40 Gbytes disk. I change the 120 Gbytes
> >>to a 40 Gbytes disk and it worked fine.
> >
> >
> >>I use that v100 to hot backup data (later I save it in a tape), so I
> >>never have enougth disk.
> >
> >
> >>Angel Cabello
> >
> >
> > Why don't you just put the 120G drive in as a second drive?
> >
> I have to improve my english, that is what I have done, use the 120
> Gbyte as the second (slave) hard disk, the system disk is the 40Gbytes.

> Angel

Have you tried using the Solaris Management Console to partition, etc. the
disk?

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On Monday 17 May 2004 6:31 pm in comp.sys.sun.hardware angel cabello wrote:


>>
>>
>> Why don't you just put the 120G drive in as a second drive?
>>
> I have to improve my english, that is what I have done, use the 120
> Gbyte as the second (slave) hard disk, the system disk is the 40Gbytes.
>

What version of Solaris are you using ?
You need a recent release of Solaris 8 or 9 with the correct patchlevel
to support large drives.

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>
>
> Have you tried using the Solaris Management Console to partition, etc. the
> disk?
>

No, I tried the old fashion way (bash ;-).
I will try with smc, but I have to wait a few days before I can get the
computer (and the 120 Gbyte)

Angel