> > What about SBus machines?  If someone could afford the $$, would a =
big
> > SCSI drive work in one of those?  I have several Ultra 2's just sit=
ting
> > here.
>
> There might be firmware limitations if your large drive is also your =
boot
> drive.  I think that earlier firmware (PROM) version sun4u machines c=
an
> only boot from the first 4Gb of the disk, so your root partition can'=
t be
> larger than this.  I'm not sure what the limitations are for later ma=
chines
> (if any).

I think I have had 8 GB root fs (under Solaris 8|9|10) with the current=

OBP rev on U2s.  If it is really a life-and-death matter for anyone
I could easily test it. :-)


Regards -- Volker
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