[SunHELP] Ultra 60 second hard drive

Larry Snyder larrys at lexisnexis.com
Thu May 5 09:52:59 CDT 2005


Run devfsadm from the command line (it won't hurt).  Then run
format again and see if you picked the disk up.  The 'boot -r'
is important and not automatic.  devfsadm from the command line
accomplishes the same thing.
-ls-


Paul Savage <paul at theclubcounter.com> wrote:
> Yes, we powered down the machine, installed the second drive and powered up.
> When I do format after powerup it only shows the first drive. I have 
> done this on 3 U60 machines with all the same results.
> 
> Paul
> 
> Phil Stracchino wrote:
> 
> >Paul Savage wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>No, I have not. What does it do?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >You can use devfsadm to add a device on the fly (disk, NIC, whatever)
> >without bringing the machine down and doing a boot -r.  I was assuming
> >from your description of the problem that you'd rebooted the machine
> >already.  Was this assumption incorrect?
> >
> >
> >  
> >
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