Re: [gentoo-sparc] OT: From gentoo to Solaris

[gentuxx <gentuxx@gmail.com>]

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Mike Owen wrote:
> On 10/7/06, gentuxx <gentuxx@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi All,
>>
>> I have an Ultra5 that I was running gentoo on (quite happily I might
>> add).  But a recent project requires that I switch it to Solaris
>> (preferably 10, but 9 would work too).
>>
>> I'm running into an issue where the installer doesn't recognize the
>> drive layout of the "big" drive I have in there now.  Is there a way
>> with the gentoo-sparc InstallCD that I can reset the CHS settings in the
>> partition map to something the (uber-picky) Solaris install script would
>> recognize?
>>
> 
> What size is the drive? If it's over about 130GB, you could be running
> into a problem with the archaic IDE controller on that Ultra 5.
> 
> 
> Mike

It's 120GB.  Solaris "sees" 114GB.

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