New to this forum and new to IA systems. Have done some searching but have not found an answer to my problem. Have a WP51D Sun box that constantly cycles through boot sequence when attempting to boot. Gives some error associated with reading from the hard disk. I attempted to do an "ia_install" from the "Day 0" cd but when it gets to step where it is supposed to format the hard drive it says "unable to format hard disk" and dumps out to "#" prompt. I have a few questions: 1. The hard drive installed is a Seagate 8.4GB IDE drive. I have a known good Fujitsu 10GB IDE drive. I have attempted to install the Fuji drive but the "auto_get_size" script in the ia_install fails and dumps me out to the # prompt. Can I install this drive? 2. How do I format a drive of any size in a WP51D box? A better question is how do I boot to Unix so that I can format a drive on the WP51D box? There is no floppy and I can't find a way to get to bios to boot from CDRom. 3. Do I have to get a replacement from Foxboro (Seagate 8.4GB drive) with some magic performed on it by Foxboro or, can I purchase a refurb'd drive and install it? Thanks for your help in advance! Best Regards, Tim Rarden Process Control Engineer SMART PAPERS HOLDINGS LLC "You're Brilliant. We're SMART. Imagine the Possibilities" 601 N. B Street Hamilton, OH 45013 (Direct) 513-869-5278 (Cell) 513-240-6680 _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave