>Hello, > >This WE I tried to install Solaris 11 Nevada, beta 70 on a ASUS P5VD1-X based >PC with a 320GB IDE HD. >It did not went long, Solaris was unable to handle the HD... After some >thinking and some check on the net, I suppose it has to do with the 48bits >LBA issue (The 128 GB barrier). Back in the Solaris 6, 7, 8 days I had >similar issues on a Dell machine with HDs > 8 GB. >So now I wonder if I have problems with the BIOS of my motherboard or with >Solaris. According to the ASUS website, the P5 serie support 48 bits LBA. So, >here is my question: Does OpenSolaris support 48 bits LBA? >
What problems are you seeing? Solaris handles larger disks just fine (many of us run systems with larger and much larger disks). I did see a message just now that the new installer seems to have issues with larger HDs. Casper _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
