SUMMARY:adding IDE disk to Sun Blade

From: Jeremy Rodriguez (jrodriguez@intellinet-tech.com)
Date: Tue Jul 16 2002 - 15:39:21 EDT


Question:
>I am currently adding an IDE disk to a Sun Blade 100 running Solaris 8. The
> disk is a 40 gig Maxtor - Model D740X. I have added a /reconfigure, I was
> wondering do I need to add an entry in the /etc/format.dat? Basically when
I
> issue the command format, it is only showing me one disk. I also have
tried
> the commands drvconfig, devfsadm, and disks, none of which worked. All I
> want to do is to get the OS to recognize the disk and make it a separate
> partition.

Answer:
Make sure jumpers are set correctly, in this case all cable select.
Then from the ok probe-ide.

Thank you to all who replied!
Mike, DD, LP, Stan, RB, TU, GM, RH, HM, AM
I will just add initials.
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