Re: [foxboro] WP51D with hard drive problems
- From: "Gillis, Dale" <Dale.Gillis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 16:03:23 +0300
Hi Tim
I had to do this before on both a D and a B Box. Here is a link of what
I did for the B Box.
//www.freelists.org/archives/foxboro/04-2004/msg00004.html
However there are some differences in the D Box but very similar.
You'll figure it out. You will have to check the old Hard Drive for
label info and partition info and make your new 10 GB Drive the same
using the format tools booted up from your cdrom Day 0. Be sure to
label the disk at the end of your partitioning exercise. This should
work for you because now the system will think you have a 8.4 GB instead
of a 10 GB HD and install should go flawlessly. You don't need the
floppy disk if you are installing a version later than 6.1
Dale Gillis
Instrument Technician
Stora Enso Port Hawkesbury Ltd.
PO Box 9500
B9A 1A1
Phone:902-625-2460 Ext 4401 or 6233
Fax : 902-625-2098
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-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Rarden, Tim
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 9:52 AM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [foxboro] WP51D with hard drive problems
New to this forum and new to IA systems. Have done some searching but
have not found an answer to my problem.
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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:
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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?
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Thanks for your help in advance!
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Best Regards,
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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
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