[SunHELP] Please help with HD installation

Tue Dec 19 10:07:45 CST 2000

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Hi,

What does probe-scsi have to say before you bring the machine back up? Are
the drives being detected at hardware level correctly?

Joe 

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From: Adams, Christopher [mailto:CAdams at starbase.com]
Sent: 19 December 2000 15:48
To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
Subject: [SunHELP] Please help with HD installation

I have installed drives in Sun boxes before many times, but this time I am
running into a problem.  My Sun E250 already has 3 drives in it, but is able
to hold up to 5.  Or so the controller card says.  I have 3 drives that read
c0t9d0 - c0t10d0 and c0t0d0  (does this sound right so far?).

This is how I install drives.  I bring the system down, turn it off and open
the drive bay door.  Then I I insert the drive into the next allocated slot.
This would be 0,1,2, (3).  Then I close the door and bring the system back
up.  I then type "format" and look to see if the drive is there to be
selected.  The drive doesn't appear.  I have even tried typing "drvconfig"
to see if I can scan for the drive.

I have not yet rebooted the system with the "-r" option to rebuild the
device tree, but I'll try it.  Aren't the Sun boxes automatically scanning
for the Target ID's of the drives, I mean doesn't Sun OS automatically
assign scsi ID's to the drives?  I have never had to manually assign a
target ID to a scsi device on a Sun box.

What do you guys think is going on, what am I doing wrong or is there a step
that I am leaving out?  Thanks for all of your help Sun Gods!

Christopher A. 
Los Angeles, Ca. 

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 <DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr> -----Original 
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 [mailto:CAdams at starbase.com] Sent: 19 December 2000 
 15:48 To: 'sunhelp at sunhelp.org' Subject: [SunHELP] Please 
 help with HD installation </DIV>
 I have installed drives in Sun boxes before many 
 times, but this time I am running into a problem.  My Sun E250 already 
 has 3 drives in it, but is able to hold up to 5.  Or so the controller 
 card says.  I have 3 drives that read  c0t9d0 - c0t10d0 and 
 c0t0d0  (does this sound right so far?).
 This is how I install drives.  I bring the 
 system down, turn it off and open the drive bay door.  Then I I insert 
 the drive into the next allocated slot.  This would be 0,1,2, (3).  
 Then I close the door and bring the system back up.  I then type "format" 
 and look to see if the drive is there to be selected.  The drive doesn't 
 appear.  I have even tried typing "drvconfig" to see if I can scan for 
 the drive.
 I have not yet rebooted the system with the "-r" 
 option to rebuild the device tree, but I'll try it.  Aren't the Sun boxes 
 automatically scanning for the Target ID's of the drives, I mean doesn't Sun 
 OS automatically assign scsi ID's to the drives?  I have never had to 
 manually assign a target ID to a scsi device on a Sun box.
 What do you guys think is going on, what am I doing 
 wrong or is there a step that I am leaving out?  Thanks for all of your 
 help Sun Gods! 
 Christopher A. Los Angeles, Ca. </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">MetaPack</FONT></B></P>

<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The Lightwell </FONT></B></P>

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<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Clerkenwell </FONT></B></P>

<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">London EC1R 4PF </FONT></B></P>

<P><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Tel: +44 (0) 20 7843 6720 </FONT></B></P>

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