Re: Installing Solaris on an Ultra 10

From: Casper H.S. Dik (Casper.Dik_at_Sun.COM)
Date: 09/23/05

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    Jason Bowen <ha@nospam.net> writes:

    >I have an ultra 10 (440Mhz, 512MB, 40GB) that has OpenBSD on it but I am
    >installing Solaris 10 on it now. When I installed OpenBSD the install
    >saw the whole disk but strangely Solaris only saw the first 8 gigs.
    >When I installed the disk in a PC and deleted all partions and put it
    >back in the Ultra 10 Solaris then saw the full 40 gigs. Why is this?

    If Solaris find a disk label it may believe that rather than probing
    the whole disks; also, older Solaris versions only saw 8 gigs of such
    disks so perhaps there was a remnant of an old Solaris label.

    >Also I have a long unix shell history background and have used and
    >administered Linux for many years but I don't have much experience with
    >Sun hardware or Solaris. What would be a good recommended starting
    >point for a unix command line proficient person with not much Solaris or
    >Sun experience?

    Installing seems to be a very good start :-)

    Looking at process listings and familiarizing with what is already
    running would be a good next step.

    Casper 

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