I just purchased a Seagate Barracuda ST32550WC for my Sparc 5. I already have installed Solaris 8 on my sparc, but I didn't get the full installation in because my HD was too small. Now I have two hard drives, the other being a 1GB WD and the new one a 2GB barracuda.
At first attempt to reinstall Solaris 8, I was given an error message saying I had a 'bad magic number on disc label'. I got past this problem and think that it is erroneous since I used the same cd for installation last time. However, as the installation setup continued, I was tempted to take out the 1GB hard drive and only use the Barracuda for the install to see what would happen.
After about 10 minutes into the setup, I was given an error message saying that 'no hard drive was detected' and the installation stopped. I know that this is not true because when I used the probe-scsi command in the bios, it found all of the scsi devices without a problem.
I am wondering if I need to set some jumpers on this hard disk or not, since i just popped it in without bothering to do so. Also, I got this drive on Ebay and they did not specify it as a 'Sun compatible' but when i emailed them and asked if it would work with a sparc they said it would. The scsi connector is exactly the same as my original 1GB hard drive (the drive that works). Thanks for any help!!!!
At first attempt to reinstall Solaris 8, I was given an error message saying I had a 'bad magic number on disc label'. I got past this problem and think that it is erroneous since I used the same cd for installation last time. However, as the installation setup continued, I was tempted to take out the 1GB hard drive and only use the Barracuda for the install to see what would happen.
After about 10 minutes into the setup, I was given an error message saying that 'no hard drive was detected' and the installation stopped. I know that this is not true because when I used the probe-scsi command in the bios, it found all of the scsi devices without a problem.
I am wondering if I need to set some jumpers on this hard disk or not, since i just popped it in without bothering to do so. Also, I got this drive on Ebay and they did not specify it as a 'Sun compatible' but when i emailed them and asked if it would work with a sparc they said it would. The scsi connector is exactly the same as my original 1GB hard drive (the drive that works). Thanks for any help!!!!