Incorrect hard disk partitioning information has been detected...

[briantee]

I am trying to load SCO Openserver 6.0 on a new Dell Precision 390 and PowerEdge 840. I am getting this error on both during install:

Incorrect hard disk partitioning information has been detected on hard drive disk:0...

The install then aborts. I am getting the error after the portion of the install where it detects the Host Adapter. I have a Dell SAS 5 HBA in both. I also loaded the btld "megasas" that SCO says is required for this HBA. Also I believe the error is different if it doesn't see the hard disk.(?)

I was able to load SCO Openserver 5.0.7 on both models.


Any help is appreciated.

Brian

 

[rdevill]

PowerEdge 1800 3.4Ghz Xeon / Pentium 4 2 64 PCI / 32 PCI / P / PCIExpr
PowerEdge 1850 2.8Ghz Single 2 SRM
PowerEdge 1900 3.0 GHz Xeon Dual SATA 4 PCIExpr / PCI-X T 1S / 6U
PowerEdge 1950
PowerEdge 2900
SC440 2.8Ghz Intel Celeron Single 1 T

 

[briantee]

I have solved the problem above. Apparently when SCO Openserver 6.0 doesn't see the hard drive it displays the above error. For the Dell SAS 5 HBA SCO Openserver 5.0.7 uses the latest lsil BTLD. For SCO Openserver 6.0 you need the latest 6.0 version of mpt.

Thanks

 

[TSIjon]

Brian I am looking @ purchasing a Dell Poweredge 840 w/DAT tape drive and install 5.0.7 on it. Can you please let me know which hard drive/controller configuration you were able to get to work and the boot string.

Thanks

 

[briantee]

I loaded SCO Openserver 5.0.7 on a Dell PE 840 with the Dell SAS 5 HBA. The btld for that is the latest lsil, I believe it is version 1.03.28. The bootstring I used is:

boot:link <cr>
What package do you need linked to the system,
or press q to quit? lsil <cr>

You could also use something like this:

boot: defbootstr link=lsil Sdsk=lsil(0,0,0,0)

 

[TSIjon]

Thanks - did you go with the onboard NIC card? I need to know if this works because I need the 39320A SCSI PCI-X Controller Card for the DAT tape drive and there are not enough slots....and it this the tape drive config you went with?

 

[briantee]

I went with the onboard NIC. It is a broadcom NetXtreme 5721 that uses the latest bcme driver (bcme_8.3.2). I didn't get an internal tape drive. I use an external and I have spare SCSI adapters sitting around so I used a LSI Logic Ultra 320 HBA (53C1020/1030) for the drive.

 

[eyedoc1975]

Brian,
Does this BTLD supports SAS and SATA drives in SCO 5.07?
I understood from some of the earlier post on this forum
that SATA drivers are not yet available for SCO 5.07 but
SCO 6.0 are readily available.
Thanks for the information

 

[briantee]

This lsil btld does support a list of SAS HBA's. There are other btld's that support SATA for SCO 5.0.7. SCO's Knowledge Center at sco.com is a useful tool in finding compatible hardware and what btld's they require.

 

[TSIjon]

I was successfully able to load SCO 5.0.7 on the Dell 840 using the SAS HBA, however i am problem configuring Dell internal DAT 72 tape drive...it is the PowerVault 100T, DAT72, 36/72GB, Internal Drive w/39320A SCSI Controller. Do you know the correct SCSI configuration string?

Any help would be appreciated!

 

[briantee]

What type of SCSI adapter do you have? lsil, ad160, etc... When you reboot the server you should see the adapters firmware start up and it will show what devices you have connected to that particular adapter. I know the LSI Logic has a 39320 but not sure what you have. Also pay attention to the Adapter #, Bus # and target # of your tape drive during boot-up. You will need that information to configure your drive using mkdev tape once we determine what type of HA you are using.

 

[TSIjon]

On boot I see for the Seagate DAT-72:

Slot #3
Ch A
ID 6
LUN 0
BUS 16

Let me know if you need anymore additional info - Thanks!

 

[briantee]

LSI Logic adapter? Is the DAT connected to the same HA as the HD?

 

[TSIjon]

In slot 1 there is a LSI and slot 3/5 Adaptec 39320A which I believe is connected to the tape drive??

Thanks

 

[briantee]

In order to see your DAT you have to load the BTLD of the HA the DAT is connected to. If it is connected to the Adaptec 39320 you would have to load the ad320 BTLD using the /etc/btldinstall command.

example (btld loaded onto floppy)

mount -r /dev/fd0135ds18 /mnt
/etc/btldinstall /mnt

then follow the prompts and select the ad320 btld.

Once the btld is loaded you will have the option of selecting that HA under mkdev tape. Then enter in the HA#, Target#, etc.

I would try:

ad320
Host adapter = 0
Bus = 0
Target = 6
Lun = 0

 

[TSIjon]

The ad320 driver is loaded and configured with:
ad320
Host adapter = 0
Bus = 0
Target = 6
Lun = 0

however i get "can't open 'dev/xct0' when i do a 'tape status' - any other ideas?

thanks!

 

[motoslide]

On your earlier post:

On boot I see for the Seagate DAT-72:

Slot #3
Ch A
ID 6
LUN 0
BUS 16

I can't say I've ever seen reference to BUS=16, but if that's how the adapter reports it, that's how I'd configure the OS to communicate with it.

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