Slice space limits? "BAD PBR SIG"

Hi there,
Is there a slice space limit I should know about? I'm installing Solaris 8 on a Compaq proliant DL380, and I'm stumping them with my problem: I can install and boot Solaris with 3 18-GB drives in a RAID 5 array. But if I use 4 18-GB drives, although I can create my slices the way I want (one big fdisk partition, and a very customized slice layout with one big slice for data), solaris won't boot after the install. All I see is an error message in the lower-left corner of the screen, highlighted in red: "BAD PBR SIG". Help much appreciated.
Thanks,
-Neil

Hi Neil,
your query is a bug. Bug Report for BugID 4304977
workaround for this query:
limit the size of non-Solaris partitions, or move beyond
the Solaris boot partition and Solaris partition.
Thanks.
revert back.
regards,
senthilkumar.
SUN - DTS

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