Re: [foxboro] Restoring on AW51D, Hard disk size difference

William,
I do this with no problems on the SCSI boxes, but I always seem to run in to
problems on the D boxes using IDE drives.

I've got some spare U5 hardware with Sun labeled 20GB drives.  One has an
MD00200-BABW and 2 have ST320413A.  Neither of these is recognized in the
Foxboro install scripts.  Re-labeling gets me to an error message that says
"cannot format drive - use the manufacturer's format program".

Cheers,

Kevin

On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 8:01 AM, William C Ricker
<wcricker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> OK, so maybe it was to be off-list, but ....
>
> But, Kevin, if what you need is a hard drive of the same size as the one
> you are replacing, you can "format down" the one you have so it appears
> to the system as a different size.
>
> Sun systems use a little bit of space on the drive to describe the drive.
> This part can be written by the utility "format" which is part of the
> Solaris
> software.  Using this, you can make a drive appear as any type which is the
> same size or smaller than the actual hardware size.
>
> For most of our customers, replacement of disks is done as a repair, not
> because
> of a need to increase the disk size.  What we do then is to take a new (or
> used)
> drive, and re label it to be the same as the one being removed.  Everything
> else in the system then sees it as the same as the old one, so there is no
> change
> or customizing install scripts, the backup and restore is less complex, and
> so on.
>
> If you are
>
> Of course, if your need or desire is to expand the size of the disk, forget
> all this.
> A change is needed to the install scripts.
>
> William C Ricker
> FeedForward, Inc.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On
> Behalf Of Kevin Fitzgerrell
> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 1:58 AM
> To: kheywood@xxxxxxxxx
> Cc: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [foxboro] Restoring on AW51D, Hard disk size difference
>
> Sorry, meant to be off-list.
> Kevin
>
> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Kevin Fitzgerrell
> <fitzgerrell@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> > Ken,
> >
> > Do you have this script available for an MD00200-BABW 20GB disk to use in
> a
> > D box?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> >   On Mon, Nov 5, 2007 at 10:03 PM, Ken Heywood <kheywood@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> You probably have a hard disk that is not recognized by the IA_Install
> >> script. It picks up the hard disk label to determine how to partition
> >> the disk. If the hard drive isn't defined, it doesn't know what to do.
> >> We use a script that can define "custom" disks so you can use them with
> >> IA. Send me a note off list with your disk type and I can send you an
> >> install diskette image that will solve your problem.
> >>
> >> Ken
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ]
> >> On Behalf Of Kashif Ijaz
> >> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 12:05 AM
> >> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [foxboro] Restoring on AW51D, Hard disk size difference
> >>
> >> Dear All
> >> =20
> >> I want to restore the AW51D station onto the new hard disk (9.1 GB). The
> >> original hard disk size was 8.6 GB. When formatting the hard disk it
> >> gives the message
> >> =20
> >> "ft_get_size" error
> >> =20
> >> Can anyone suggest the solution.
> >> =20
> >> Best regards,
> >> =20
> >> Kashif Ijaz
> >> =20
> >> > Subject: Re: [foxboro] User Doc Number> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 09:02:26
> >> -0400> From: alex.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >> That product is due for release later this month.> > Regards,> > Alex
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> >> alex.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > -----Original Message-----> From:
> >> foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]> On
> >> Behalf Of Brazell, Troy L Jr> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 2:50 PM>
> >> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [foxboro] User Doc Number> >
> >> Ghost for Servers.> > New Office Phone Number!>
> >> **************************> Troy Brazell> DCP Midstream> ISA CCST> Sr.
> >> Process Control Analyst> Office 405-605-3877> Cell 405-301-2994>
> >> tlbrazell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> **************************> -----Original
> >> Message-----> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]> On Behal
> >>  f Of Doucet, Terrence> Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 2:35 PM> To:
> >> foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [foxboro] User Doc Number> > Troy,>
> >> > Sorry, but what is Backup EXEC ?> > Terry> > -----Message
> >> d'origine-----> De : foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]> =3D3D3D> De la part de Brazell,
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> >> Troy Brazell> > DCP Midstream> > ISA CCST> > Sr. Process Control
> >> Analyst> > Office 405-605-3877> > Cell 405-301-2994> >
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