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i hv received SUNfire 280R system ........for its initial configuration i want to connect to it through hyperterminal from the windows system..........i hv got one serial port to RJ-45 port converter with the system............can anybody tell me the normal console cable which is used to... (3 Replies)
Hi there
Does anybody know what the biggest capacity disk I can get into a Sunfire 280R
I currently have two 73gb disks , but I need to get these up to the biggest available
Any help would be greatly appreciated (4 Replies)
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We had a disk go bad in this SunFire 280R, running Solaris 8 - Generic_117350-46. We replaced the disk and partitioned it. We metadetached all the metadevices but for some reason the new disk is showing up in the metadb as Concat/Stripe and it won't let us re-sync the mirror. We are not... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have to question:
1) when O/S is booting, i see messages:
/dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s5: is logging
/dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s3: is logging
/dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s7: is logging
i partitioned these slices during installation of O/S 5.9. I can access to these mountpoint no problem. But... (3 Replies)
hi,
i just completed installing O/S 5.9 on Sunfire 280R with O/S 5.9. During installation, i wasn't able to add IP, Default gateway, NDS and netmask because the lan port wasn't not active yet. Now that i have a lan port active, how to add network components onto the system?
I did ifconfig to... (1 Reply)
Hi,
i just finished installing solaris 5.9 and I'm looking for the tools to tell me if i should update the patches or how to make sure that the current patches are ok?
thanks (2 Replies)
Hi,
I' trying to install O/S 5.9 on Sparc system Sunfire 280R. I downloaded CD install and CD 2 from Sun Website but later i dowloaded CD 2 that i forgot for my installation. All CD are in ISO formats.
I boot system at OK prompt then issue
OK boot cdrom
when it asks for CD 1, i removed... (7 Replies)
Hi,
I'm a newbie in the Unix world... :confused:
I own a Sun Sunfire 280R computer with one 750Mhz CPU. I ordered two CPU of 900Mhz to replace it; however in the Service manual from Sun I read that to use 900Mhz CPU i will need to have a OBP of at least version 4.5.16. When I type .version in... (2 Replies)
I got the system couple of days back from one of my friend. Last night I turned it on and I noticed that maintenance LED is on. At the same time I added an LCD monitor via VGA and nothing was showing on the screen. Though the system does not have any HDD So not sure if system will even show a BIOS... (3 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
fddisk
fddisk(8) System Manager's Manual fddisk(8)NAME
fddisk - FDI disk maintenance utility
SYNOPSIS
/sbin/fddisk options special
OPTIONS
Unless this option is specified, an attempt to format or to install a file system fails in two cases. The first failure occurs when the
device has been opened since the media was inserted. The second failure occurs if the device is currently opened by another process. For-
mats the media to the density appropriate for that media. Copies a hex dump of sector number PSN to stdout. Uses the interleave factor
nnn for formatting. If specified, ccc indicates an additional intercylinder interleave. Copies a packed-C hex dump of the entire disk to
stdout. Specifies silent mode. This option blocks informational messages from appearing on stderr. Reads the entire media. The command
fails if the utility finds a bad sector. Waits for media to be inserted into the drive if none is present. Waits for new media to be
inserted into the drive if none is present or if the current media has been opened since it was last inserted. Reads the disk and reports
on the format of the disk.
OPERANDS
Specifies an unmounted, raw device pathname. This device must be an FDI interface (fd).
DESCRIPTION
The fddisk utility, an FDI (integrated Floppy Disk Interface) disk maintenance program, can format a floppy disk, scan a floppy disk for
bad blocks, and read and write selected blocks. It can be used in shell scripts for checking the status of floppy disks. Such status
checks include checking for or waiting for the presence of media, and checking for or waiting for the user to change the media.
RESTRICTIONS
The fddisk utility has the following restrictions: You must have read/write access to the device. The device must not be mounted. The
program can only be used with a 3.5-inch floppy disk in the RX26 drive. In some cases, it might not be possible to format a floppy disk at
a higher density than it is already formatted. If this situation occurs, the floppy disk must be bulk erased before it can be reformatted
at a higher density.
EXAMPLES
This example formats a floppy disk in drive zero: # /sbin/fddisk -fmt /dev/rdisk/floppy0a This example formats a floppy disk in drive zero
when the disk has been read or written since it was inserted into the drive: # /sbin/fddisk -fmt -f /dev/rdisk/floppy0a
SEE ALSO
Commands: mount(8), restore(8), uerf(8)
Files: fd(7)fddisk(8)