Re: scsi hard disk not correctly showing up
Flavien FREGOSI <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Oct 2025 15:13:05 -0400
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Hi,
Shooting in the blind here:
Can you try /cfgafm/ on this system? Need Solaris for that though. Maybe
net boot it?
It shows the device list and your disk should come up as "connected" and
"unconfigured".
try then
/cfgadm -c configure sd0/
(or sd1, c0, c1 or whatever your hard drive is listed as) and from now
on you may play with it using disklabel.
As Mr de Raadt pointed out, Solaris is quite picky about the sector size
and you need to format it before it can be used (or even be seen) by the OS.
I don't think it's a size limit, 36GB, 72GB and 136GB were all normal
sized drives back in the day. Smaller ones and bigger ones worked for me
at least.
Good luck!
Flavien
On 01/10/2025 12:29, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I got a (used) SCA hard disk and want to fit it my netra T1.
> Once got over that old disk sledges are brittle as crystal, the
> connector is a bit hard and even the front panel becomes brittle, I
> inserted the disk. It shows up if I run
>
> ok probe-scsi
> Target 0
> Unit 0 Disk SEAGATE ST336605LSUN36G 0638
> Target 1
> Unit 0 Disk IBM-SSG H01D073 RSQP
>
> When I boot, however, it shows up partially:
>
> sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST336605LSUN36G, 0638>
> serial.SEAGATE_ST336605LSUN36G_3FP1X0L900007304CSL3
> sd0: 34732MB, 512 bytes/sector, 71132959 sectors
> sd1 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <IBM-SSG, H01D073, RSQP>
> t10.HITACHI_HUS103073FL3800_V3VLHBWA
>
> no size/sector information. As a consequence, I get no raw device
> cannot run disklabel on it.
>
> # disklabel sd1
> disklabel: /dev/rsd1c: Device not configured
>
> Kind of expected.
>
> Is the disk broken? incompatible? A size limit? or do I miss some kind
> of setup?
> This is not a "sun" disk but came from some IBM system, but SCSI
> should be compatible and SCA should be self-configuring, with IDs
> automatically set depending on the drive bay position, shouldn't it?
> It is jumperless and has no configuration, as expected.
>
> I hear the disk spinning up, calibrating heads and the LED goes of
> afterwards.
>
> I'm inclined to think it is a lemon, not a working pull.
>
> Riccardo
>
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Hi,<br>
<br>
<br>
Shooting in the blind here:<br>
Can you try <i>cfgafm</i> on this system? Need Solaris for that
though. Maybe net boot it?<br>
<br>
It shows the device list and your disk should come up as "connected"
and "unconfigured".<br>
<br>
try then <br>
<i>cfgadm -c configure sd0</i><br>
(or sd1, c0, c1 or whatever your hard drive is listed as) and from
now on you may play with it using disklabel. <br>
As Mr de Raadt pointed out, Solaris is quite picky about the sector
size and you need to format it before it can be used (or even be
seen) by the OS.<br>
I don't think it's a size limit, 36GB, 72GB and 136GB were all
normal sized drives back in the day. Smaller ones and bigger ones
worked for me at least.<br>
<br>
Good luck!<br>
<br>
Flavien
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/10/2025 12:29, Riccardo Mottola
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:[email protected]">Hi,
<br>
<br>
I got a (used) SCA hard disk and want to fit it my netra T1.
<br>
Once got over that old disk sledges are brittle as crystal, the
connector is a bit hard and even the front panel becomes brittle,
I inserted the disk. It shows up if I run
<br>
<br>
ok probe-scsi
<br>
Target 0
<br>
Unit 0 Disk SEAGATE ST336605LSUN36G 0638
<br>
Target 1
<br>
Unit 0 Disk IBM-SSG H01D073 RSQP
<br>
<br>
When I boot, however, it shows up partially:
<br>
<br>
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST336605LSUN36G,
0638> serial.SEAGATE_ST336605LSUN36G_3FP1X0L900007304CSL3
<br>
sd0: 34732MB, 512 bytes/sector, 71132959 sectors
<br>
sd1 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <IBM-SSG, H01D073, RSQP>
t10.HITACHI_HUS103073FL3800_V3VLHBWA
<br>
<br>
no size/sector information. As a consequence, I get no raw device
cannot run disklabel on it.
<br>
<br>
# disklabel sd1
<br>
disklabel: /dev/rsd1c: Device not configured
<br>
<br>
Kind of expected.
<br>
<br>
Is the disk broken? incompatible? A size limit? or do I miss some
kind of setup?
<br>
This is not a "sun" disk but came from some IBM system, but SCSI
should be compatible and SCA should be self-configuring, with IDs
automatically set depending on the drive bay position, shouldn't
it? It is jumperless and has no configuration, as expected.
<br>
<br>
I hear the disk spinning up, calibrating heads and the LED goes of
afterwards.
<br>
<br>
I'm inclined to think it is a lemon, not a working pull.
<br>
<br>
Riccardo
<br>
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