I have 2 OpenServer 5.0.5 servers, each with identical removable SCSI hard drives. One machine had been set up by someone else, the second one I set up. They each will mount their respective file systems just fine. However, I've found that I cannot mount the hard drive from one machine on the other without re-partitioning it first. Both are formatted HTFS. What am I doing wrong? [sig][/sig]
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Swapping removable HD's between servers
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The only variable that I can see may be the device driver. I'm thinking that the name of the device driver that is used for the removable SCSI drive is different on the two machines, but I don't know how to change it. Re-partitionaing the drive has been the only way that either drive is readable on the other machine. Is the device driver info loaded on the hard drive as part of the filesystem? [sig][/sig]
The device drivers are linked into the kernal.
Do you have mutliple filesystems that span more than one disk ? How many drives on each machine ?
How far on the boot process to you get ?
Do you have a raid controller ? That would make a difference
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Do you have mutliple filesystems that span more than one disk ? How many drives on each machine ?
How far on the boot process to you get ?
Do you have a raid controller ? That would make a difference
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Each machine only has one other hard drive which is the main drive. The file systems on all drives is HTFS, no spanning across drives. The removable SCSI drives are meant to be used for high speed backups of some application data. The controller is an Adaptec SCSI-2. [sig][/sig]
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This may be no help but with drive not mounted run fstyp and fschk. then run the same for the other drive to see if there are differences..
Don't think there is any signature involved since you should be able to mount other drives without problems.
I'm curious what hardware reports when the drives are mounted in their respective machines. [sig]<p>Ed Fair<br><a href=mailto: efair@atlnet.com> efair@atlnet.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>Any advice I give is my best judgement based on my interpretation of the facts you supply. <br>
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Don't think there is any signature involved since you should be able to mount other drives without problems.
I'm curious what hardware reports when the drives are mounted in their respective machines. [sig]<p>Ed Fair<br><a href=mailto: efair@atlnet.com> efair@atlnet.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br>Any advice I give is my best judgement based on my interpretation of the facts you supply. <br>
Help increase my knowledge by providing some feedback, good or bad, on any advice I have given.<br>
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