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Wildcat1
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 13, 2004 1:05 am    Post subject: Sun disklabel help Reply with quote

I'm having trouble figuring out how to set up the sun disklabel on my drive. I found all the specifications for the drive (Fujitsu MAG3182LC) here: http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/computing/storage/hdd/eol/ehdd/mag3-catalog.html but the sectors/track is listed as "273 to 420 (14 zones)". Does this mean I can choose any value between 273 and 420? And is there any advantage to choosing a certain value?

thanks!
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 1:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You usually will want to go with the highest numbers....

on a side note, if you use the solaris 9/10 "install" CD (not the CD#1 of 2) to do a solaris install (then later wipe the drive for linux), it will automatically apply a valid sun disk label ... I use solaris and linux, and this is a very new unannounced add-on to the solaris installer as far as I can tell.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 4:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

well everything seems to be working fine with the numbers I used, thanks!
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 10:33 pm    Post subject: Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST39103LW Reply with quote

Hi,

I'm running gentoo already and i have got a external disk for my sparcstation 20 (as there is only space for 1 disk inside)

The disk gives the following parameters
Vendor: SEAGATE
Model: ST39103LW

As this disk is 9.1 Gb (and exactly the same disk as my other (suse) linux machine) i know that it should be 9.1 after formatting BUT i cant get my &*^&* ;-) sun disklabel right because i don't know the exact drive parameters.

I have got another machine running linux that has the right size after formatting, so it should be possible to get information out of that machine the only problem is HOW.......
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