Bringing up a new disk in Solaris

[Kurt Hillig]

I just got in a batch of 9.1 GB ATA disks for some Ultra 10's running 2.6;
but it's been too long since I last did this and I can't remember how to
get the systems to recognize them.

I started with a "boot -r" on one box; when the machine came up it had the
appropriate (I think) device special files in /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk. But
attempts to partition/mkfs/etc. all give this error:

WARNING: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide3@3/dad@1,0 (dad1):
corrupt label - wrong magic number

What am I missing?

Dr. Kurt Hillig
UMNet Administration I always tell the fax (734)763-4050
University of Michigan absolute truth phone (734)647-8778
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2785 as I see it. X.500 khi...@umich.edu

> Computers were invented to help people waste more time faster <

[Mark Montague]

On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Kurt Hillig wrote:

> I just got in a batch of 9.1 GB ATA disks for some Ultra 10's running 2.6;
> but it's been too long since I last did this and I can't remember how to
> get the systems to recognize them.
>
> I started with a "boot -r" on one box; when the machine came up it had the
> appropriate (I think) device special files in /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk. But
> attempts to partition/mkfs/etc. all give this error:
>
> WARNING: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide3@3/dad@1,0 (dad1):
> corrupt label - wrong magic number
>
> What am I missing?

This is normal. It's just that the disk hasn't been partitioned
under Solaris before. Run the "format" program, go to the
"partition" menu and create a partition table. Once you save it
and exit, you will be able to use newfs to put filesystems on the
various partitions on the disks.

Mark Montague
LS&A Information Technology
mark...@umich.edu

[Kurt Hillig]

Thanks to Danno, zee, ainman and Mark Montague; the answer is to ignore
the warning, and don't bother trying to specify the new drive on the
command line - just type "format" and pick the new drive from the list it
comes up with.

Dr. Kurt Hillig
UMNet Administration I always tell the fax (734)763-4050
University of Michigan absolute truth phone (734)647-8778
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2785 as I see it. X.500 khi...@umich.edu

> Computers were invented to help people waste more time faster <

On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Kurt Hillig wrote:

> I just got in a batch of 9.1 GB ATA disks for some Ultra 10's running 2.6;
> but it's been too long since I last did this and I can't remember how to
> get the systems to recognize them.
>
> I started with a "boot -r" on one box; when the machine came up it had the
> appropriate (I think) device special files in /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk. But
> attempts to partition/mkfs/etc. all give this error:
>
> WARNING: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide3@3/dad@1,0 (dad1):
> corrupt label - wrong magic number
>
> What am I missing?
>