SOLVED!!! Re: [rescue] Ultra 30 and Maximum Drive Size

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Erm, disable sync negotiations should be a very bad thing shouldn't
it?  Or does it just force the disk into sync?
	Nick

On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Gary Nichols wrote:

> Well I'll be a monkey's uncle.
> (No Dave, she's not cute!)
> 
> So I'm staring at the jumper blocks of some other IBM drives I have 
> laying around and notice that a few have a jumper set.  DING DING DING!
> 
> Turns out that the 18GB IBM drive I installed didn't have the 'disable 
> sync negotiations' jumper set.  After I set the jumper I popped the 
> drive back in and BAM autoboots just fine.   I just added a second 
> 18GB drive to hang /export/home off of and life is so, so good.
> 
> I'm amazed at the performance increase these 7200rpm drives add.  NICE.
> Thanks to everyone for their comments/suggestions/emails.
> 
> -----------------------------------------
> Gary Nichols
> garynichols at mysun.com
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Nichols" <garynichols at mysun.com>
> Date: Tuesday, January 1, 2002 9:56 am
> Subject: [rescue] Ultra 30 and Maximum Drive Size
> 
> > Interesting situation here.
> > 
> > I removed the 4G drive (which works just fine) from my U30 (OB v. 
> > 3.27) and replaced it with a factory fresh IBM Ultrastar 18GB drive
> > (/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0).  I formatted the drive, partitioned it, 
> > installed 
> > Solaris8 on it, life is good-- except for one thing. The U30 will 
> > not 
> > autoboot from the drive.  
> > 
> > I get the following message on powerup:
> > Bad Magic number in disk label
> > Can't open disk label package
> > Boot device: /pci at 1f,4000/scsi at 3/disk at 0,0:b File and args: -F cprboot
> > Trap 3e
> > ok
> > 
> > I initially thought that there was a problem with the boot 
> > block/disk 
> > labeling/etc... but after going through normal fixit procedures 
> > with 
> > this it still happens.
> > 
> > I'm thinking that it's Openboot's inability on the U30 to deal 
> > with 
> > drives greater than 9GB (hence the Trap 3e).  Am I nuts?  
> > 
> > Any insight greatly appreciated.
> > Gary
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