[rescue] Solaris for PrimePower 250?

Dr. Robert Pasken rpasken at eas.slu.edu
Wed Apr 24 10:48:21 CDT 2013


If the disks do not have a Sun format label you will get a message about 
no disks, BUT you should also see a message to the effect that the disks 
are unlabeled. Then usual practive I followed was to boot single user 
writeable and format the disks. That usually solved that kind of problem.


On 4/24/13 9:59 AM, microcode at zoho.com wrote:
> I don't know anything about those but I have some links bookmarked because
> Fujitsu has info on the SPARC architecture.
>
> http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/computing/server/unix/documents/
>
> This link suggests Solaris 8, 9, and 10 should work on your unit:
>
> http://www.fujitsu.com/global/services/computing/server/unix/os/avail/
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 05:20:53PM +0300, Meelis Roos wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I tried install Solaris on my Fujitsu PrimePower 250 (2 SCA disks with
>> onboard scsi (FJSV,ulsa controller). However, Solaris 9 U7 and Solaris
>> 10 (2-3 different version tried so far) asks me initial questions and
>> then tells that no disks have been found. The disks show up fine in
>> probe-scsi.
>>
>> So, the question is, what Version of Solaris 9 and Soaris 10 should I
>> use for PP250?
>>
>> On PP450 I had no problem with stock Solaris 10.
>>
>> -- 
>> Meelis Roos (mroos at linux.ee)
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Cheers
RWP


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