installing 20 gb hdd in sco unix

[sedhu]

SCO OpenServer installs without a problem on the server, but the operating system then fails to boot. Errors similar to the following come up on the screen:

Not a directory
Boot not found Cannot open
Stage one boot failure
Error loading hd(40) /boot


The system never comes up to a boot prompt
we have good data in that hard disk how to save my data while making the same bootable

 

[edfair]

Think you need to read the manual about the location and size of the bootable partition/filesystem.
Ed Fair
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[sedhu]

thanks at first
we tried to add a hdd to scounix system
we already had 2 hdds
due to insufficient space we tried a 20 gb hdd
we installed using
mkdev hdd 1 0
to make sure we install the right one we checked the same
while doing so we tried to view the existing hdd
throu
mkdev 0 1 & so on

now the problem is we have immense data on both old hdd
we cannot giveup we want the same hdd to become bootable

i feel it should be geomentry problem

please help us to solve

 

[edfair]

Bootable section should be within the first 1024 cylinders.
So if you already have the drive mostly full you won't be able to make it bootable without manipulating your data around to free up space at the front.
I deal with little stuff so I have everything within the boundaries and normally have my customers the same way.
Suspect that you need to build up the system again on a new drive, attach the one you want to make bootable, shuffle your data around to free up room at the front for a root division, create it, then pull the bootable drive and install on the 20.
I'm sure you'll get better help here shortly. Ed Fair
efair@atlnet.com

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[pcunix]

See

http://pcunix.com/SCOFAQ/scotec2.html#largeide

if this is not scsi. Tony Lawrence
SCO Unix/Linux Resources

http://pcunix.com

tony@pcunix.com