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# 1  
Old 07-10-2009
Connect an External SCSI Hard Drive to Ultra 80

Guys,
I have googled and checked this forum in detail and couldn't find any satisfactory answers for my problem.
I am trying to connect a external SCSI hard Drive(Sea Gate) to a Ultra 80.
I connected it powered it up and at OK prompt did : boot -r
system comes up and complains about not recognizing c1t1d0s6 (this is my external hard drive). I go to single user mode and try to mount it :
mount /dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s6 /abc --> it complains can't find device ( or something like that).
I stop my machine and at OK prompt type probe-scsi-all. Initially it was giving me "bus fault" (then I thought maybe my cable is bad) got a new cable but the same issue. Then I did reset-all and did probe-scsi-all and it starts seeing drive (but showing unconfigured).
If i type format command it doesn't see the external hard drive.

I am thinking my hard drive is bad , but can somebody think of something else before i spend money and buy a new hard drive.

Thanks
# 2  
Old 07-10-2009
which scsi controller do you use? are both scsi devices the same? for example SE or LVD or ...? do you use termination?
# 3  
Old 07-10-2009
I am not sure about what scsi controller ??
I am using a Sun Ultra 80 and trying to talk to "Ultra Scsi" hard drive.
Is there a command I can use to find out what scsi controller I am using ??

Quote:
Originally Posted by DukeNuke2
which scsi controller do you use? are both scsi devices the same? for example SE or LVD or ...? do you use termination?
# 4  
Old 07-11-2009
From the ok> prompt, can you probe-scsi-all and able to detect the device?
# 5  
Old 07-12-2009
Please provide output from the following commands:
Code:
cfgadm -avl c1
prtdiag -v
prtconf | grep -v not
ls -l /dev/dsk/c1t1d0

# 6  
Old 07-12-2009
Here is the outputs of the commands:
1 ) cfgadm -avl c1
Output is :
************************
AP_Id Receptacle Occupant Condition Information
When Type Busy Phys_Id
c1 connected unconfigured unknown
Dec 31 1969 scsi-bus n /devices/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3,1:scsi
*************************************************

2) prtdiag -v
prtdiag: not found

************************************
3) prtconf | grep -v not

System Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4u
Memory size: 1024 Megabytes
System Peripherals (Software Nodes):

SUNW, Ultra-80
options, instance #0
pci, instance#0
ebus, instance #0
power, instance #0
se, instance #0
su, instance #0
su, instance #1
ecpp, instance#0
SUNW,CS4231, instance #0
network, instance #0
scsi, instance #0
sd, instance #0
sd, instance #6
scsi, instance #1
TSI, gfxp, instance #0
TSI, gfxp, instance #1
pci, instance #1
pci, instance #1
ethernet, instance #2
ethernet, instance #3
pseudo, instance #0
********************************************************
4) ls -l /dev/dsk/c1t1d0

/dev/dsk/c1t1d0: No such file or directory

******************************************

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapfeer
Please provide output from the following commands:
Code:
cfgadm -avl c1
prtdiag -v
prtconf | grep -v not
ls -l /dev/dsk/c1t1d0

# 7  
Old 07-13-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by ajnabi
cfgadm -avl c1
Output is :
************************
AP_Id Receptacle Occupant Condition Information
When Type Busy Phys_Id
c1 connected unconfigured unknown
Dec 31 1969 scsi-bus n /devices/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3,1:scsi

ls -l /dev/dsk/c1t1d0

/dev/dsk/c1t1d0: No such file or directory
It looks a little bit strange... Perform also the next commant and post results:
Code:
devfsadm -Csv

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