[foxboro] RE : Lost+Found

Mike,
 
Try this procedure but make absolutely sure that you do not lose good data.
 
 

The Foxboro Unix based IA will only install on certain hard drives.  Some of 
these hard drives are no longer available on the market.  You can purchase a 
larger sized hard drive of the same type and re-size it down to one of the 
Foxboro type of hard drives.

 

For example:

 

Foxboro Standard                                           Non-Foxboro

 

Seagate ST38410A                                        Seagate ST39140A

8.1 G Byte                                                      9.1 G Byte

16706                                     cyln                  17760

16                                           head                16

63                                           sect. / trk         63

7200                                       rpm                  7200

 

On AW51D, connect the Foxboro standard drive as the Primary Master IDE (middle 
ribbon cable).  Connect the Non-Foxboro (target ) drive as the Secondary Master 
(cable near power connector)

 

Power on the computer and hit  "STOP + A" when the white screen appears. Type

probe-ide  (ensure that the Primary Master is the Fox standard and the target 
is Secondary Master)

 

boot -rs

 

enter the password when requested

 

format

 

select the target drive    1   (one)

 

type

select "Other" by its number    11

(enter the parameters for your drive but the name must be a Foxboro standard 
name)

16706

2

16708

16

63

7200                (rpm)

default  (for the next 9 entries)

"ST38410A"                                                             (a 
Foxboro standard drive)




partition

2

[backup]

[wu]

0

16381c

label

y

quit

label

y

q

 

 

This makes the 9.1 GB drive appear to be a Foxboro standard 8.1 GB drive and 
you may now create a Day0 hard drive or you can restore a tape made from and 
existing 8.1 GB drive where you want to use this drive as a replacement.

 

You may need a copy of the latest Foxboro floppy diskette (K0175SN) to get the 
information for the current list of supported hard drives.

 

If you perform a Day0 software installation you need to carefully read and 
understand the Foxboro documentation as reboots of control processors may be 
required which can mandate a shutdown of your process.

 

Regards,

 

Terry


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De: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx de la part de Mike.Spigel@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: mer. 2008-02-27 11:25
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Objet : Re: [foxboro] Lost+Found



Terry:
Thanks, Terry.  I remember trying this before, but it wouldn't take. Doing
a little web surfing, everyone said that it couldn't be done.  Maybe I
simply didn't do it correctly.  We replaced a hard disk for an AW51B with
a Seagate (same exact model as the original Sun, but different label).  We
ended up modifying the installation script to get it to work.

Jim:

So I guess that you can use any hard disk, but if you're not familiar with
the Unix format utility, go for the Sun disk.

-Mike





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