Re: Debian + HardDrive 250GB
On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 02:44:16PM +0200, Lorenzo wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've an Ultra10 workstation with Debian on it. > I just bought a new Hitachi Deskstar 250GB an install in it. > Here is wat i get in my logs : > ... > hdb: HDS722525VLAT80, ATA DISK drive > hdb: 268435455 sectors (137439 MB) w/7938KiB Cache, CHS=266305/16/63, (U)DMA > ... > > My problem is that it only recognise a maximum of 30GB (glurps !! :-) after > setting up with fdisk utilities. > I tried different specifications in fdisk but no success, i'm stuck with the > number of Cylinders : the drive specifies 266305 and fdisk don't let me > specify more than 65535. You need an LBA48 capable IDE controller, else it wont use > 127Gigs. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ WatchGuard - http://www.watchguard.com/
structure error in make menuconfig in kernel 2.6
Hi All, I have an old Ultra 1 running Debian with the original 2.4.18 kernel that came in the installation CD. I had some difficulties trying to install a brand-new 2.6 kernel, but this problems will be addressed in a specific mail. Now I just want to report a problem (well, at least I think it is wrong). Tested in 2.6.4 and 2.6.5 and both have the same behavior. do: make menuconfig choose: Graphics support ---> I had the following situation: [*] Support for frame buffer devices [ ] SBUS and UPA framebuffers [ ] Virtual Frame Buffer support (ONLY FOR TESTING!) When I selected "SBUS and UPA framebuffers", we got: [*] Support for frame buffer devices [ ] BWtwo support [ ] CGthree support [ ] CGsix (GX,TurboGX) support [*] SBUS and UPA framebuffers [ ] Creator/Creator3D/Elite3D support [ ] TCX (SS4/SS5 only) support [ ] CGfourteen (SX) support [ ] P9100 (Sparcbook 3 only) support [ ] Leo (ZX) support [ ] Virtual Frame Buffer support (ONLY FOR TESTING!) Either BW2, CG3 and CG6 options should be inside "SBUS and UPA framebuffers" or should appear all the time. To me, the tree structure is not right. If I'm wrong, please someone help me understand the situation. Thanks in advance, Marcos Lazarini
Re: SS20 boot problem
It is possible that your disk is external or is not in the primary SCSI disk slot. Stop-A, as you have been doing. Type 'probe-scsi-all' to see where you disk is located. Type 'devalias' and find the matching alias (i.e. "disk1"). Set a new default boot device with "setenv boot-device ". Then "reset" and all should be well with the world; well, depending upon where you installed SILO If you are worried that other OBP settings may be incorrect, you can hold down Stop-N during the boot process to reset your NVRAM parameters to defaults. E [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don’t have that option. Autoboot is set to true, and it tries to boot to net by default. Of course I can stop + A. If I remember correctly, I need to specify to boot to the hard drive. I know how to boot to the hard drive, but not set it as default. Also, my device path to the hard drive seems to be incorrect. -Original Message- From: andrew burd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SS20 boot problem actually when the OBP boot: prompt comes up just hit enter when you try "boot disk" you have to provide the device and the boot image (iirc) I have an SS10, SS20, and Ultra 5 all running debian. I never provide parameters to the OBP prompt unless I want to boot from the CDROM or floppy --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004 .
Re: Debian + HardDrive 250GB
Hi Lorenzo, You can make the partitions in a normal PC with fdisk or cfdisk. Once you get the metadata written in the harddisk, kernel will detect the right geometry information and passing them to the fdisk. After that you can make any partitions you want in your debian-sparc installation. Nevertheless, I have some problems running big harddisk with the RAID which will be my question in my next email. Cheers, Dev Gaul Lorenzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 15.04.04 15:09:54: > > Hi everyone, > > I've an Ultra10 workstation with Debian on it. > I just bought a new Hitachi Deskstar 250GB an install in it. > Here is wat i get in my logs : > ... > hdb: HDS722525VLAT80, ATA DISK drive > hdb: 268435455 sectors (137439 MB) w/7938KiB Cache, CHS=266305/16/63, (U)DMA > ... > > My problem is that it only recognise a maximum of 30GB (glurps !! :-) after > setting up with fdisk utilities. > I tried different specifications in fdisk but no success, i'm stuck with the > number of Cylinders : the drive specifies 266305 and fdisk don't let me > specify more than 65535. > > Does anyone have an idea/suggestion/tips to help me ? > > Thanx. > > Lorenzo > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___ ... and the winner is... WEB.DE FreeMail! - Deutschlands beste E-Mail ist zum 39. Mal Testsieger (PC Praxis 03/04) http://f.web.de/?mc=021191
Re: Debian + HardDrive 250GB
On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Lorenzo wrote: > My problem is that it only recognise a maximum of 30GB (glurps !! :-) after > setting up with fdisk utilities. > I tried different specifications in fdisk but no success, i'm stuck with the > number of Cylinders : the drive specifies 266305 and fdisk don't let me > specify more than 65535. > > Does anyone have an idea/suggestion/tips to help me ? You have to increase the number of heads or sectors. Alternatively, if it is not going to be a boot disk, you can make a DOS partition table (maybe in a x86 PC). Linux/Sparc handles it with no problems (see "Advanced Patition Selection" in the linux kernel). -- Jan Houstek
Debian + HardDrive 250GB
Hi everyone, I've an Ultra10 workstation with Debian on it. I just bought a new Hitachi Deskstar 250GB an install in it. Here is wat i get in my logs : ... hdb: HDS722525VLAT80, ATA DISK drive hdb: 268435455 sectors (137439 MB) w/7938KiB Cache, CHS=266305/16/63, (U)DMA ... My problem is that it only recognise a maximum of 30GB (glurps !! :-) after setting up with fdisk utilities. I tried different specifications in fdisk but no success, i'm stuck with the number of Cylinders : the drive specifies 266305 and fdisk don't let me specify more than 65535. Does anyone have an idea/suggestion/tips to help me ? Thanx. Lorenzo
Re: problems with SunBlade100 and Xfree 4.3
> > Any suggestions are welcome. > > I think the problem you are running into here is in XFree86 4.3.0, a new > option got introduced for the ATI cards that seems to cause problems on > the Blade 100 and 150s if missing from the XF86Config-4 file. > > The Driver option is called Reference_Clock and is documented at > http://www.xfree86.org/~dawes/4.3.0/ati5.html#26 > > On my Blade 100 here, I use the following setting for it in the Device > section of XF86Config-4; > > Option "reference_clock" "28.636 MHz" > > Hopefully this will work for you as well. Certainly works for me, thanks a lot. But it is my opinion that a warning message should be displayed when installing/upgrading, I've googled the first time the screen went blank, after that I hope that after a couple of days the problem would be fixed (unstable attitude ;-) ) but after that the machine just stood idle here until this post. So I think that many other users that are confronted to this problem won't find a quick solution either. Greetings and thanks a lot for this post -- Elie De Brauwer http://www.de-brauwer.be Hope is the worst of all evils, for it prolongs the torment of a man... --Friedrich Nietzsche--
