Firmware modifications made by Dell to WD and may be Seagate drives is what
makes opensolaris not being able to power up those disks.
Easiest way to make it work is to modify /kernel/drv/sd.conf and add an entry
for your specific drive similar to this
sd-config-list= "WD WD2000FYYG","power-
Rich acm.jhu.edu> writes:
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> ...what FW modifications did they make?
>
> - Rich
They definitely made some as you can't flash Dell drive with Seagate/WD
firmware. Or get support from Seagate/WD for Dell-branded drive.
Specifically in this case drive reports support for this power management
Magnus Bergman trisec.net> writes:
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> Do you have any details on the mdb method?
>
> I just received a replacement disk of a different type than the broken
> one that I don't have specified in sd.conf so it won't power up and I'd
> prefer not to reboot.
>
> //Magnus
>
Try this http://past
