x86: Logical Block Addressing Requirement

The BIOS and SCSI driver for the default boot disk must support Logical Block Addressing (LBA). LBA enables the machine to boot beyond the 1024–cylinder limit and across Solaris disk slices.

To determine if your system supports LBA, type:

# prtconf -pv | grep -i lba

If the BIOS and SCSI driver for the default boot disk support LBA, the following message appears.

lba-access-ok:

If the SCSI driver for the default boot disk does not support LBA, the following message appears.

no-bef-lba-access

If the default boot disk BIOS and SCSI driver do not support LBA, use the Solaris 8 Interactive Installation Program on the Solaris 8 Software 1 of 2 CD to install or upgrade to the Solaris 8 operating environment.