Hello everyone! I could use some help with the following
problem. We have a new Alphastation 500 running Digital
Unix V4.0 and want to connect an Andataco Deskside Tower
containing a single Seagate ST19171W 9.1 gigabyte drive.
Since I do not have a disktab entry for this drive I have
been trying to get Digital Unix to determine the device
geometry from the device driver. I have included below
the steps that I have taken thus far. All my attempts are
failing at the point where I use "disklabel -rw" to write
a default partition layout to the disk based on the size
returned from the disk driver. Is there a better way?
I know very little about Digital Unix so any help will
be appreciated.
Thanks
Bob Sisk rsisk_at_marine.unc.edu
What I have done so far and the results:
Connect tower to Alphastation
At system level prompt (>>>) run "show device"
Show device result:
dka800.8.0.9.0 DKA800 Seagate ST19171W 0017
NOTE: I am not including info on the other devices here
Boot Unix
Login as root
Run "scu show edt"
scu show edt results:
CAM Equipment Device Table (EDT) Information:
Device: RZ28D Bus: 0, Target: 0, Lun: 0, Type: Direct Access
Device: RZ28D Bus: 0, Target: 0, Lun: 1, Type: (not present)
Device: RZ28D Bus: 0, Target: 0, Lun: 2, Type: (not present)
Device: RZ28D Bus: 0, Target: 0, Lun: 3, Type: (not present)
Device: RZ28D Bus: 0, Target: 0, Lun: 4, Type: (not present)
Device: RZ28D Bus: 0, Target: 0, Lun: 5, Type: (not present)
Device: RZ28D Bus: 0, Target: 0, Lun: 6, Type: (not present)
Device: RZ28D Bus: 0, Target: 0, Lun: 7, Type: (not present)
Device: RRD46 Bus: 0, Target: 4, Lun: 0, Type: Read-Only Direct Access
Device: RRD46 Bus: 0, Target: 4, Lun: 1, Type: (not present)
Device: RRD46 Bus: 0, Target: 4, Lun: 2, Type: (not present)
Device: RRD46 Bus: 0, Target: 4, Lun: 3, Type: (not present)
Device: RRD46 Bus: 0, Target: 4, Lun: 4, Type: (not present)
Device: RRD46 Bus: 0, Target: 4, Lun: 5, Type: (not present)
Device: RRD46 Bus: 0, Target: 4, Lun: 6, Type: (not present)
Device: RRD46 Bus: 0, Target: 4, Lun: 7, Type: (not present)
Device: ST19171W Bus: 0, Target: 8, Lun: 0, Type: Direct Access
Device: ST19171W Bus: 0, Target: 8, Lun: 1, Type: (not present)
Device: ST19171W Bus: 0, Target: 8, Lun: 2, Type: (not present)
Device: ST19171W Bus: 0, Target: 8, Lun: 3, Type: (not present)
Device: ST19171W Bus: 0, Target: 8, Lun: 4, Type: (not present)
Device: ST19171W Bus: 0, Target: 8, Lun: 5, Type: (not present)
Device: ST19171W Bus: 0, Target: 8, Lun: 6, Type: (not present)
Device: ST19171W Bus: 0, Target: 8, Lun: 7, Type: (not present)
Since device number is calculated as "(Bus * 8) + target" and in my case
that is (0 * 8) + 8 = 8.
cd /dev
Run "./MAKEDEV rz8"
* Its here that everything falls appart.
Run "disklabel -rw /dev/rrz8c t1disk"
results: disklabel: /dev/rrz8c: No such device or address
Received on Wed May 14 1997 - 17:52:37 NZST