[SunRescue] Extra HD

[KurtNowakknowak at polymail.cpunix.calpoly.edu]

the "format" selection under the format command will format the drive :)

kurt


Walter Peterson wrote:

> Ok, I have the drive recognized. What device name do I use to fdisk the
> drive. Or do I even need to run fdisk. drvconfig and drives did the trick.
> Format "formats?" the drive. Still can't mount it however.
>
> Looking forward to getting RedHat!
>
> At 02:26 PM 9/19/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >No. Unless the devises are already registered in the /dev/rdsk directory, you
> >need to execute 'drvconfig' and 'disks' first.
> >
> >Kurt
> >
> >"Hatle, Steven J." wrote:
> >
> >> I may have missed this earlier, but in Solaris if you issue the 'format'
> >> command does the second disk show up in the selection screen?
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Walter Peterson [mailto:wep at cyberstreet.com]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 3:15 PM
> >> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> >> Subject: [SunRescue] Extra HD
> >>
> >> If I do a probe-scsi it shows both drives
> >>
> >> here is output
> >>
> >> Target 1
> >> Unit 0  Disk    Tandem 4255-5   902800149969
> >>                         Copyright (c) 1994 Seagate
> >>                         All rights reserved 000
> >> Target 3
> >> Unit 0  Disk    Seagate ST11200N        SUN1.0594000000000
> >>                         Copyright (c) 1995 000
> >>                         All rights reserved 000
> >>
> >> Target 3 has Solaris installed on and boots. The other drive does not
> >> showup in openboot during normal boot process and solaris can't see it.
> >> (may have no partitions on it).
> >>
> >> A few answers...
> >>
> >> >The output from OpenBoot would be helpful - that would tell us the target
> >> >the new HD is actually set to, since SCSI ID 1 doesn't appear to be
> >> working.
> >>
> >> >CD-ROMs for Sun systems are typically set to SCSI ID #6, then you can
> >> >typically issue a command like 'boot cdrom' from the OK> prompt to run the
> >> >Red Hat installer (same for Solaris).
> >>
> >> >RedHat Linux labels hard drives as letters starting with the first
> drive it
> >> >finds, your SCSI ID HD would be sda, than the pre-existing HD on SCSI ID 3
> >> >would be sdb. If you were to later add a drive as SCSI ID 2, then Red Hat
> >> >Linux would map the drives as SCSI ID 1 would be sda, SCSI ID 2 would be
> >> >sdb, and the SCSI ID HD would be sdc - any links to mount filesystems on
> >> >SCSI ID 3 would break, and need to be fixed.
> >>
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