On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 12:13 +0200, Dr. Zimmermann wrote: > Hi Debians, > > my system is an ultra 5 with a 360 MHz CPU and 512 MB RAM. > Getting frequent ide resets (specially under load) from the builtin ide > drive/controller I'd like to use my external SCSI disk as boot and root > device. SCSI adaptor and disk have been initially used under Solaris > (5.8 and 5.9) and therefore are known to be OBP aware. > > Is anybody running such a configuration ?
Greetings Roger, I recently installed Etch on a U5 with an internal SCSI drive and a PCI SCSI controller that is supported for booting via openprom. I removed the IDE hard drive, and used a businesscard ISO via the IDE CDROM (on its own cable) to boot the machine and start an Etch install. > If so, are there any special requirements concerning the > > * disk partitioning Same as on an IDE drive on this platform. On Sparcs and Ultras, I use a small first partition as /boot, and the rest of the drive as / and swap, to live within the usual SILO partition location constraints. > * openprom settings After the base installation completes and attempts to reboot --- dumped into openprom, as expected. There was no alias for the path through my SCSI controller to the drive. I puzzled out a path, saved it as "diska" (probably with nvalias), then set the boot device to "diska". > * silo configuration I probably used whatever the Etch installer set up. May have had to add an initrd statement. Using a 2.4.27 kernel. > The FAQs I've found a more related to the older (sbus) systems though > the hardware of the ultra 5 is more 'pc-like'. -- good luck, SP > > > THNX, Roger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]