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Re: How to get non-Sun SCSI drive working on Sparc IPX?: msg#00318

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Subject: Re: How to get non-Sun SCSI drive working on Sparc IPX?


"Beaker (aka Jeff W.)" <beaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I'm trying to get a Fujitsu 4GB SCSI drive to work on a Sun IPX, but
> it didn't come with Solaris on it so there isn't a Sun boot label on
> it. This apparently causes the install to barf on the Sparc. What I'm
> wondering is how to get a valid boot label on the disk.

I have no idea if you are right on install barfing if the disk doesn't
have a sun disklabel, but the disklabel(8) utility could easily be
used on the machine if you booted it diskless.

Perry



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