Gavin writes:

> As a note to anyone running 6.5 who is using 36GB disks, it would appear
> that DISCUTIL cannot access anything bigger than an 18GB disk, so if you
> ever have a failure and really need DISCUTIL, then you may be in trouble.

We found the problem yesterday, on the A.01.04 version of DISCUTIL.
From the ISL> prompt, an "LS" command shows:

filename   type   start    size     created
=====================================================
ISL        -12864 493664   306      00/09/29 15:01:08
START      -12864 4080416  51000    00/09/29 15:01:35
DISCUTIL   -12864 1453232  20568    00/09/29 15:01:45
...

I don't know if all copies of A.01.04 have the creation date of
00/09/29.

Here's what happens when you try to give that version of DISCUTIL
a 36 GB disk:


ISL> discutil
MPE/iX launch facility

Initialize_genesis - Version : <<870204.1552>>
TUE, JAN 16, 2001,  7:01:31 PM (y/n)?

[CDM]11 1 4 10
Initialize memory manager completed.
*NOTE: VOLUME MOUNTED ON LDEV 1
*NOTE: LDEV 31 CONFIGURED AS DISC (PATH: 52.1.0).
*NOTE: LDEV 32 CONFIGURED AS DISC (PATH: 52.2.0).
(47/128) Continue?
*NOTE: LDEV 7 CONFIGURED AS TAPE (PATH: 52.0.0.0.0.0.0).
*ERROR: UNABLE TO MAP DISC AT LDEV 31 INTO VIRTUAL OBJECT - VOLUME NOT MOUNTED
*NOTE: VOLUME MOUNTED ON LDEV 32




Note that it refused to "mount" ldev 31, our 36 GB disk.  It did successfully
mount ldev 32, our 18 GB disk.

This has been reported to the HPRC, as Call ID 3100522409

BTW, I'm also submitting an enhancement request to improve the user
interface of DISCUTIL :)

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