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- From: sd@chem.ucsd.edu (Steve Dempsey)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: How to install external SCSI disk drives
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- Date: 18 Nov 92 22:05:28 GMT
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- References: <1992Nov18.182742.14268@ncar.ucar.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov18.182742.14268@ncar.ucar.edu> chuck@sage.cgd.ucar.edu writes:
- >Can anyone provide some pointers on how to make external SCSI disks known
- >to the system (R4000 Indigo w/ Elan)? All I can find in the mound of
- >documentation received with the system is that Disk and File Tool will
- >automatically recognize them. Well, it doesn't (though hinv reports their
- >existence). MAKEDEV doesn't create the devices either.
-
- The Disk and File tool assumes you bought your drive from SGI, in which case
- it is already formatted, labelled, and mkfs'ed. Oh, and it also assumes
- you want to use the entire drive as a single partition.
-
- The basic procedure is to use 'fx' to format and label the drive (the label
- contains the partition layout), then use 'mkfs' to create the empty
- filesystem, and then create the mounts points and put the proper entries
- into /etc/fstab.
-
- The info you are looking for is in the IRIX Site Administrator's Guide.
- They are a two volume set that you have to order, but they are an absolute
- necessity for anyone doing IRIX system administration. Look in chapter 10
- and chapter 6.
- >
- >If it matters, we have two 2GB (formatted) Seagate drives. I logged a call
- >with the Technical Assistance Center and was told that drives larger than
- >1.2GB are not yet supported. Is this true?
- >
- SGI uses the word "supported" to mean that they have tested and qualified
- the drive to the point where they can sell it and it will work reliably.
- It also means they have figured out what jumper settings should be used
- and whether or not any firmware bugs had to be corrected.
-
- We have several HP 1.6GB and Seagate 2GB drives on Power Series, Personal
- Irises, and Indigos and have never had any trouble with them.
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