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

Thanks Terry,
Turns out the problem I was running in to was configuring more cylinders
than the disk had logically available.  When I follow your procedure below
with 16383 cylinders instead of 16708 I have no problems.

So, for Seagate ST320143A to re-label as ST38410A I did the following:

from OK prompt: boot cdrom and log in as root.

format
pick disk - 0 in my case as I did this booting to CD
type - 10 (other on the 6.4 day0 CD)
cyl 16381
alt 2
phy cyl 16383
hd 16
sect 63
rpm 5400
pick defaults for next few
name "ST38410A"
part
2
backup
wu
0
16381c
label
y
q
label
y
q

All done.

Proceed with ia_install and no problems - remembering to Day0 with PGX32 2nd
video installed so the drivers will be loaded and copying
/cdrom/name_to_major to the new /etc directory so my WP51D will boot.

Thanks,

Kevin

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Doucet, Terrence <
tdoucet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Kevin,
>
> I worked through the following procedure to down size a hard drive on a
> 51D.
>
> 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.
>
> Regards,
> Terry
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Kevin Fitzgerrell
> Sent: Fri 15/05/2009 7:13 PM
> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
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