Re: Maxtor Firewire Drive + Sunblade 150
From: sun1394guy (sun1394guy_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/06/04
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Date: 5 Feb 2004 17:27:32 -0800
"Paul (Jimbo) Duncan G7KES" <pdu@soc.soton.ac.uk> wrote in message news:<401fa768@news.nwl.ac.uk>...
> Hello,
>
> We've got a couple of 650MHz Sunblade 150 machines, and they have a
> couple of Firewire ports at the back, so, we naturally assumed we could
> plug drives in there (well, hell, it would work on a Linux box!).
> Anyway, it doesn't work. I've looked at the unofficial Sunblade 100 FAQ
> page which says that Firewire hard disk support is about a year away,
> BUT, the document isn't dated. So, I'm wondering if anyone else knows
> what the latest is on Firewire drive support?
Unfortunately, that document _is_ out-of-date. The support
for Firewire storage was originally intended to have been available
in Solaris long ago (read: Solaris 9 or earlier). It is woefully
overdue, IMO.
The good news, however, is that all of the driver work required
to add that support (for hard disks, CD, DVD, Zip, etc.) is completed.
What remains is for the code to be integrated into Solaris. You
should be able to expect it soon in Solaris 10.
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