On 8/21/07, Richard <rthorntn at hotmail.com> wrote: > I see a few options (without any other advice) > > --BIOS hack, perhaps turn disk detection off. > > --New BIOS update, which is unlikely. > > --reset the disk labels "format -e" and create a slice on each disk, this may > mean Solaris wont use the entire disk and wont write the EFI label?
Why won't Solaris use the entire disk? And why does it matter if the EFI label isn't written? (My understanding is that up to 1TB, your drives don't need EFI in Solaris.) > --get another external SATA controller from Supermicro that doesnt freeze > with ZFS disks. > > Thoughts? > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-help mailing list > opensolaris-help at opensolaris.org > -- - Brian Gupta http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/
