Adding a second disk to SCO UNIX 5.0.5
Jorge_Beteta
Thanks to Jean-Pierre and Tony for their advices.
I've got an SCO UNIX Openserver 5.0.5 as a server and I want to add
a second hard disk in order to copy data from my first disk to the
second one. Thanks to Edfair I know that I have to do:
mkdev (first time with the drive and controller ID) creates the
mount points
reboot
mkdev (once again with the drive and controller ID) formats and sets
up partitioning
mkdev fs sets up the mount points
reboot
The server is a Pentium I, 128MB memmory, 200 Mgz
My hard disks setup configuration is:
Type
---------
Pri Master User <--- IDE-0 (546MB)
Pri Slave CDROM
Sec Master Not Installed
Sec Slave User <--- IDE-1 (850MB)
The Pri Master has the SCO UNIX.
The Sec Slave Disk is just formatted in FAT 32, no data at all. I'd
like to format it in UNIX once the UNIX recognize it.
# df -iv
Mount Dir Filesystem blocks used free %used iused ifree
%iused
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/ /dev/root 824940 645046 179894 79% 41758 61362 41%
/stand /dev/boot 30720 12074 18646 40% 15 3825 1%
#divvy
Name Type New FS # First Block Last Block
----- ------ ------ --- ----------- ----------
boot EAFS no 0 0 15359
swap NON FS no 1 15360 115711
root HTFS no 2 115712 528181
NOT USED no 3 - -
NOT USED no 4 - -
NOT USED no 5 - -
recover NON FS no 6 528182 528191
hd0a WHOLE DISK no 7 0 531183
The problem is that when I do "# mkdev hd 1 IDE-1" it gets errors:
error message-> open():No such file or directory
error message-> dparam:could not open special device:No such
device or address.
error message-> /etc/fdisk: cannot open /dev/rdsk/1s0 for
reading: No such device or address(error 6)
error message-> /etc/fdisk failed
I have tried the four combinations possible:
# mkdev hd 0 IDE-0 or # mkdev hd 0 0
# mkdev hd 1 IDE-0
# mkdev hd 0 IDE-1
# mkdev hd 1 IDE-1
UNIX does recognize "# mkdev hd 0...", but not "# mkdev hd 1 ... ". I
always get the same errors.
How can I make "# mkdev hd 1 IDE-1 " or do I have to set up other
things before? Help me, please!
Thank you
Bela Lubkin
> I've got an SCO UNIX Openserver 5.0.5 as a server and I want to add
> a second hard disk in order to copy data from my first disk to the
> second one. Thanks to Edfair I know that I have to do:
> mkdev (first time with the drive and controller ID) creates the
> mount points
> reboot
> mkdev (once again with the drive and controller ID) formats and sets
> up partitioning
> mkdev fs sets up the mount points
> reboot
>
> The server is a Pentium I, 128MB memmory, 200 Mgz
> My hard disks setup configuration is:
>
> Type
> ---------
> Pri Master User <--- IDE-0 (546MB)
> Pri Slave CDROM
> Sec Master Not Installed
> Sec Slave User <--- IDE-1 (850MB)
>
> The Pri Master has the SCO UNIX.
> The Sec Slave Disk is just formatted in FAT 32, no data at all. I'd
> like to format it in UNIX once the UNIX recognize it.
The OpenServer IDE driver does not support accessing a slave drive with
no master. I _have_ seen it work in some cases, but the driver wasn't
written to support it, it usually doesn't work. Can you move that drive
to Secondary/Master?
>Bela<