Re: NetBSD Installation on Sun Ultra 25

>> MPT Version 1.05, Firmware Version 1.08.03.00
>> Target 0
>> Unit 0 Disk ATA ST3360320AS M 703282608 Blocks, 360 GB SATA device PhyNum 0

> Alright, it seems to be a disk size problem. Didn't expect this.
> If i create a root partition of 80GB on this drive, it boots and works.
>
> The machine was apparently sold with a 250GB drives as a maximum size.
> So my question is: can i only use the disk up to 250GB or can i create
> a boot partition of 80GB, swap of 8GB and use the space beyond in a
> third partition?
>
> OBP version is 4.25.9.

128 gig wraparound issue, perhaps? On machines that only support booting 
from older FFS filesystems, I usually just have a small initial partition 
for loading the kernel, then root on the larger partition covering the 
rest of the disk.

John