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- From: rickf@theweav.cts.com (Rick Flower)
- Subject: Re: Help: Can't boot from Seagate ST41200N 1G disk.
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.055715.1369@theweav.cts.com>
- Summary: Seagate
- Organization: Coast Software Systems, Lomita, Ca.
- References: <1992Sep3.074820.4602@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 05:57:15 GMT
- Lines: 47
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- In article <1992Sep3.074820.4602@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU> raymond@vast.unsw.edu.au (Raymond Leung) writes:
- >Have anyone be able to boot from a Seagate ST41200N 1G disk on a SUN ELC?
-
- No, but I've got one sitting here on my 'ol 3/60 (SunOS 4.0.3)
-
- >I got the following message from the monitor:
- >
- > >b
- > Boot device:/sbus/esp@0,800000/sd@3,0 File and args: vmunix
- > Can't read disk labe.
- > Can't open Sun disk label package
- > boot-block startup failed.
- > Illegal Instruction.
- >
- >Disk type in format.dat is as followed:
- >
- > disk-type= "Seagate Wren 7 ST41200N" \
- > : ctlr = MD21 : fmt_time = 4 \
- > : cache = 0x11 : trks_zone = 15 : asect = 5 : atrks = 30 \
- > : ncyl = 1928 : acyl = 2 : pcyl = 1930 : nhead = 15 : nsect = 70 \
- > : rpm = 3600 : bpt = 41301
- >
- >
- >I have no problem mounting the disk and using it, just can't boot from it.
- >I have run installboot on the new disk. I have also tried installing from
- >SUNOS CD-ROM and all completed successful but the boot still failed.
- >
-
- I had a heck of a time getting my 41200 formatted the first time... Once I
- finally got that done, all was well!
-
- >Any idea?
- >
-
- Nope.. I did notice that when this drive's got the wrong option settings
- for the termination resistor power (I accidentally read the picture
- incorrectly) which cause the drive to behave oddly..
-
- >Raymond Leung
-
- -- Rick
-
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