Re: Partition help!


<charleszim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1134675604.359641.88850@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>A group of us are trying to setup a SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 system (we
> only have older machines, and it is our only option and is required by
> the vendor we are supporting) and we have run into SCO's 8 gig limit.
> However, it will not allow us to partition the rest of the drive, and
> it responds that the drive is full (which, using Knoppix, we can
> clearly tell that it is only using 8 gig out of the 80 gig drive).
>
> Is there a way to make this drive active and partition it in the UNIX
> format, or are we stuck where we are?

Are these IDE or SCSI drives?

5.0.4 had an 8GB limit for IDE drives,
5.0.5 had a 128GB limit for IDE drives, both according to TA# 118463.

But in order to achieve these limits for 5.0.5, you have to follow
the boot instructions in TA#109855:

http://wdb1.sco.com/kb/showta?taid=109855

Bob


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