[SPARCbook] Wanted ADTX adapter

Thu Oct 27 06:44:14 CDT 2005

Ian,
Yup experienced the 2 gig limit when i installed a 6 gig in my other 3gx.
You can't persuade them to make tadpole packages available for ftp like 
2.6 then???
Thanks for reply Gary
Ian Spray wrote:
>Gary Goddard wrote:
>>>>Does anyone know the maximum size hard disk that can be used with these?
>>Also looking for a copy of tadpole solaris 7.
>>>>Can anyone help??
>>>>>>>Hi Gary,
>>I can't help with the adaptor or the disc, but do be aware that OBP 2 
>has a 2GB (signed 32-bit) limit on the size of the root partition: if 
>the root is larger than this, or its starting point on the disc takes it 
>over 2GB from the beginning then you risk the OBP boot loader failing.
>>It is possible (if you are *very* careful) to make sure that the OBP 
>loader stays within this, but by far the simplest method is to make sure 
>that the root stays entirely within the first 2GB and you're safe.
>>The last I heard, Tadpole Solaris 7 is expensive when bought directly 
>from us as we still have to pay Sun the full licence fee for each one we 
>sell, even though it's not exactly the most current version of Solaris...
>>HTH,
>>