Hi Graeme,
it seems that you did not see the reply I sent to you
yesterday for your message below.
I will re-post it here:
"Hi Graeme,
As far as I know *minlabel* does not evaluate correctly the size of the big
disks. Forget the column displaying the disk/partition sizes in Megabytes.
You can calculate the real sizes multiplying the number
of sectors of each partition by 512 bytes/sector. So you can have
the exact size partitions. Use sectors instead of MB or GB for the
disk partitions.
Anyway, minlabel is just a help to start Linux install. During the
Linux installation you will be prompted to repartition your disk
using RedHat Druid or fdisk-BSD.
For instance, in my case, from SRM console I see 1.18GB for my
Quantum 18GB disk. From my VAXstation, using SRM console, I see
only 500MB for my Seagate 9.2GB ST410800N. SRM firmware does not
interpret big disk sizes correctly as well. But it doesn't mean that the
disk will not work. Everything is fine in my VAX, and with the
Alpha Jensen I could mount the 18GB Quantum as a Debian partition.
Luiz"
>From: "Graeme Hogg" <graeme.hogg@ntlworld.com>
>Reply-To: axp-list@redhat.com
>To: <axp-list@redhat.com>
>Subject: RE: Hard Drive size on Jensen
>Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 02:56:04 +0100
>
>Hi Luiz,
>
>That info helps, made sure everything is correct now, the drive does come
>up
>as before
>but, in minlabel, it shows the correct sectors/unit, etc, but when you set
>a
>partition to
>use this, it only allocates 244 meg, instead of 4 gig. Playing about with
>the different
>partition sizes doesn't help, it only shows 244 or less. If I just write
>this to the disk
>when i try and format i get scsi timeout errors, etc, and the machine
>basically hangs.
>I low-level formatted the disk in a PC, with an adaptec 2940, worked fine,
>the disk works
>fine in a PC, 4 gig, i've used it plenty before.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Graeme Hogg
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: axp-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:axp-list-admin@redhat.com]On
>Behalf Of Luiz Emediato
>Sent: 02 May 2001 21:19
>To: axp-list@redhat.com
>Subject: RE: Hard Drive size on Jensen
>
>
>Hi Graeme:
>
> >what settings you have on the scsi card, and the drive itself? I mean in
> >id, termination etc.
> >Mine has scsi timeout errors when trying to partition it. Comes up fine
>in
> >minlabel as a 4gig drive, but can't get any sort of
> >partitions onto it, and i'm stuck with just a 1 gig drive for my os > at
> >the minute.
>
>I have the following disk/system configuration on my Jensen:
>
>Seagate Barracuda ST15150N --> scsi id 2 --> Windows NT 4.0
>4.3 GB
>
>Seagate Barracuda ST15150N --> scsi id 0 --> Debian 2.2r2
>4.3 GB
>
>Quantum Atlas V QM318300XC --> scsi id 1 --> Debian disk partition
>LWR 18.3 GB LVD/SE Ultra-W (it will become RedHat)
>(HDD jumper is set up to Single-Ended mode)
>
>Adaptec AHA-1742A 32-bit SCSI Host Adapter for Alpha XP (slot 6)
> Host Adpter Interface: Enhanced Mode Only
> Host Adpter BIOS: BIOS Base Address CC000H
> Host Adpter SCSI ID: Device Id 7
> SCSI Bus Reset at Power on: Enable SCSI bus reset
> Interrupt (IRQ) 14 Trigger level
>
>Be sure to remove the SCSI terminators (R-packs) from the AHA-1742A board
>if
>you intend to have external scsi hard drives or devices.
>
>On my SCSI BUS I have:
>
>Internal devices:
>DEC CD-ROM id=4 (terminated <--- one bus end)
>ZIP drive id=5
>Quantum HD id=1
>Seagate HD id=2
>AHA-1742A host id=7
>
>External devices:
>Exabyte 8200 id=6 (desconnected, for now)
>Seagate HD id=0 (disk died)
>Seagate DAT tape id=3 (terminated <--- the other bus end)
>
>ECU config: "Enhanced Mode Only"
>
> (o) Enhanced Mode Only
>
>You might want to low-level reformat your disk to overcome your problem
>with
>Seagate Medalist 4 GB. I used a AHA-29160N PCI board from my PC in this
>case, and ran the Adaptec SCSI BIOS (ctrl-A) probram right before booting.
>Others use "scu" linux program but I never tried it so far.
>
>I hope this can help you. If you need more details let me know.
>
>Good luck,
>Luiz
>
> >From: "Graeme Hogg" <graeme.hogg@ntlworld.com>
> >Reply-To: axp-list@redhat.com
> >To: <axp-list@redhat.com>
> >Subject: RE: Hard Drive size on Jensen
> >Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 21:16:00 +0100
> >
> >Hi Luiz,
> >
> >I'm glad to hear you got that 18gig drive working. I'm having problems
>with
> >a
> >4 gig Seagate Medalist in a Jensen. Posted on here before, but still
> >couldn't get it to
> >work after the advise i got. I was wondering what settings you have on
>the
> >scsi card, and the
> >drive itself? I mean in id, termination etc. Mine has scsi timeout errors
> >when trying to partition
> >it. Comes up fine in minlabel as a 4gig drive, but can't get any sort of
> >partitions onto it,
> >and i'm stuck with just a 1 gig drive for my os at the minute.
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >
> >Graeme Hogg
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: axp-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:axp-list-admin@redhat.com]On
> >Behalf Of Luiz Emediato
> >Sent: 30 April 2001 16:20
> >To: axp-list@redhat.com
> >Subject: Re: Hard Drive size on Jensen
> >
> >
> >Hi Sebastian, Jakub, Alexey, Will, Rene,
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >The RH6.2 CD is bootable but aboot version there is 0.5, that is, there
>is
> >no menu of commands. Anyway, I tried the following:
> >I used a Seagate Barracuda 4.3 GB disk to install Debian Linux
> >(sorry gentlemen for citing Debian here but I want RedHat in one disk and
> >Debian in another one, that is, they are my Linux favorites)) and, *GOOD
> >NEWS* !, after finishing Debian install I could *SUCCESSFULLY*
> >mount my Quantum Atlas V 18GB as a disk partition, that is, there is
> >no problem at all with 18GB disks on the Alpha-Jensen AHA-1742A scsi
> >controller. Notice that the 18GB Quantum Atlas V has 512 bytes/sector.
> >I previously low-level reformatted the 18GB Quantum disk and copied
> >aboot0.7
> >in to it using minlabel and copyboot to prepare the disk for the
>RedHat6.2
> >install and, again, aboot reports dummy_bread()!
> >I would like to try now *SWRITEBOOT* to see if I can overcome this aboot
> >problem, but I need some help. I downloaded the aboot0.7 package from
> >AlphaLinux to my *RedHatPC*, which has several programs including
> >swriteboot
> >to be compile, but I am not sure about the procedure to be used.
> >Unfortunatelly, my Seagate (Debian) disk just died yesterday, probably
>due
> >to the high temperature cause by a malfunctioning fan, and in the
>meantime
> >to get a new 4 GB disk I am wondering if I can
> >compile the package on my RH6.2PC and use swriteboot there to copy
> >bootlx to the 18GB Quantum for the RedHat 6.2 install (I have an Adaptec
> >ASC-29160N PCI board in the PC). What is the procedure to use swriteboot
>?
> >I
> >am looking for a good document. Any suggestions ?
> >By the way, I would like to try also *Jumpstart* , as mentioned by Will
> >Woods, but I have no clue about it. Where do I get Jumpstart
> >from ? Is it a Compaq/Digital product available somewhere ?
> >
> >Many thanks,
> >Luiz
> >
> >PS: I will prepare in the near future a document to report all the
> >procedures and problems I have been experiencing in both RedHat and
>Debian
> >Alpha-Jensen install.
> >
> >
> > >From: Sebastian Moeller <sebastian.moeller@lur.rwth-aachen.de>
> > >Reply-To: axp-list@redhat.com
> > >To: axp-list@redhat.com
> > >Subject: Re: Hard Drive size on Jensen
> > >Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 22:51:26 +0200 (CEST)
> > >
> > >Hello Luiz!
> > >
> > >I got a little further. This is really something strange ion
> > >aboot. dummy_bread() is the function which tries to access the
> > >"initial-kernel". And it fails...
> > > This problem is way out of my league, so it is probably the best
> > >way to get the new aboot maintainer involved in this, alas he is going
>on
> > >vacation (have a nice time...).
> > > But I seem to remember, that back in aboot 0.5 days I had similar
> > >error messages with my 9GB drive. I did not really hunt that one, as I
>by
> > >chance found a working aboot for my drive. Close thereafter aboot 0.7
> > >apppaered which works just dandy on my drive. In fact the jensen17.img
> > >contains just the first 2880 blocks of this very disk. It is very
>likely
> > >that sectorsizes and cylinder sizes are different on your new drive.
> > > Is it possible for you to boot from cd-rom? If so it would be
> > >really interesting to see whether it helps to use fdisk to partition
>the
> > >disk and swriteboot to add an initial kernel (or a normal kernel
> > >somewhere reachable in the filesystem). (If this boots your kernel,
> > >then it is no real aboot issue but more a
> > >oops_we_(I?)_have_to_adjust_the_installation_instructions_one_more_time
> > >issue)
> > > Sorry that I can't be of any real help
> > >
> > >Ahoi & good luck...
> > >
> > > Sebastian Moeller
> > >
> > >
> > >On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Luiz Emediato wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Sebastian,
> > > >
> > > > The error messages from aboot 0.7 are the following:
> > > >
> > > > aboot: loading uncompressed a...
> > > > aboot: loading compressed a...
> > > > dummy_bread: read error
> > >
> > > This is from dummy.c, part of the fs-stuff in aboot.
> > >
> > > > aboot: segment 0, 2663848 bytes at 0xfffffc0000310000
> > > >
> > > > unzip: attempted to read past eof
> > > >
> > > > Image floppy with jensen17.img was created using the following
> > > > command:
> > > > dd if=jensen17.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=2880
> > > > whose file worked fine on the 4GB hard drive.
> > > >
> > > > Concerning to the 18GB HD aboot problem, I notice that
> > > > after the above error messages are displayed, the hard drive
> > > > LED is ON ad nauseum, that is, it seems that the aboot is seeking
>for
> > > > something indefinitely.
> > > > When I use "q" to quit and try to return to aboot, SRM hangs
>probably
> > > > waiting for the hard drive to be available (HD LED is still ON).
> > > > Then I have to power-cycle the machine.
> > >
> > > Does the "halt-switch" on the case work in this situation?
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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