, RJ45 <rj45@slacknet.com>
From: DP <dp@recycled.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 03/29/2002 08:15:03
I have put a 40Gb disk not in an Ultra 10, but in an Ultra 5, which ought to
be the same controller... It worked fine out-of-the-box. Is the 8Gb
limitation possibly dependent on a flash prom revision, perhaps?
Dan
On 3/29/02 8:09 AM, "Martin Husemann" <martin@duskware.de> wrote:
>> I have to decide if to buy a ultra 10 or a ultra 60.
>
> Someone told me the rule of thumb for PCI based ultra sparcs is:
> if x > y then prefere a Ux to an Uy
>
>> ARe both well supported by netbsd?
>
> Not sure, I let other answer this.
>
>> Then I wanted to ask if there is any way to get rid of the 8GB limitation
>> in IDE disk. I Remember I had this problem on a Ultra 10 running solaris.
>> Does this applies also to NetBSD?
>
> No:
>
> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
> ...
> /dev/wd1a 75754803 37010231 34956831 51% /mp3
>
> Beware that the U10 (IIRC) does not do UDMA with it's build in pciide
> controller, I don't know about the U60.
>
> Martin
>