Hello,
The central and simple question is:
Does OpenSolaris support 48 bits LBA on IDE HD?
Linux does, Windows not necessarily (as far as I understood)...
Daniel
> > 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
>
> I did never have any such problems even on a very old (1999) P-III 550 MHz
> running Solaris 9.
>
> It would be extremely improbable that Solaris is the reason for your
> problems.
>
> Jörg
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