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I was trying to migrate a DB into an Ultra 5 and it was easy for me to buy a new 80GB ide disk but OS (Solaris 2.6) does not recognize the disk. OS belives that it is a 8GB disk, my point of view is to try to update the OBP to a newer version. (3.25.3 is the current one )

Does anyone knows if it is possible? or What can I do??

Help

U5 hardware specs

Doubtful that upgrading the OBP will help - if the system sees the drive you can try the procedure below - you are not that far behind on the OBP (latest for Ultra 5 is 3.31.

According to the hardware specs it would not be supported but I found another link about the system not seeing a disk at the correct size - hopefully this will help. If you can see the disk in format, then you can change the size - your next problem may be knowing all the information but I didn't find a problem/solution for an 80GB drive.


Seagate disk ST340824A is detected as a 5.77GB disk, it should be approximately
40GB.

# format
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c0t0d0 <ST340824A cyl 19156 alt 2 hd 15 sec 255>
/pci@1f,0/ide@d/dad@0,0
1. c0t2d0 <ST340824A cyl 12007 alt 2 hd 16 sec 63>
/pci@1f,0/ide@d/dad@2,0

The above is an example of a disk (c0t0d0) showing the correct size and a disk
(c0t2d0) showing an incorrect size.
SOLUTION SUMMARY:

Using the Solaris (TM) Operating Environment format utility, select the problem disk -> type -> other. Then change the disk geometry to the following:

Cyl -> 19156 Alt -> 2 Hd -> 16 Sec -> 255


The steps to change the disk geometry follow:

# format

Searching for disks...done

AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:

0. c0t0d0 <ST340824A cyl 19156 alt 2 hd 15 sec 255>

/pci@1f,0/ide@d/dad@0,0

1. c0t2d0 <ST340824A cyl 12007 alt 2 hd 16 sec 63>

/pci@1f,0/ide@d/dad@2,0


Specify disk (enter its number): 1

selecting c0t2d0

[disk formatted]

FORMAT MENU:

disk - select a disk

type - select (define) a disk type

partition - select (define) a partition table

current - describe the current disk

format - format and analyze the disk

repair - repair a defective sector

label - write label to the disk

analyze - surface analysis

defect - defect list management

backup - search for backup labels

verify - read and display labels

save - save new disk/partition definitions

inquiry - show vendor, product and revision

volname - set 8-character volume name

!<cmd> - execute <cmd>, then return

quit

format> type

AVAILABLE DRIVE TYPES:

0. Auto Configure
1. Seagate ST340824A
2. Other
Specify disk type (enter its number)[1]: 2
Enter number of data cylinders: 19156
Enter number of alternate cylinders[2]:
Enter number of physical cylinders[1868]:
Enter number of heads: 16
Enter physical number of heads[default]:
Enter number of data sectors/track: 255
Enter number of physical sectors/track[default]:
Enter rpm of drive[default]:
Enter format time[default]:

< accept default to all remaining questions >

Enter disk type name (remember quotes): "Sun_40GB"
Selecting c0t0d0
format> quit
At this point the disk should be seen as a 40GB disk.

a search on sunsolve returned this.

8. PROM: CP2040 OBP and SMC Flash PROM Update
Patch Descriptions: 112500-01

i dont know if you have access to sunsolve.sun.com but it is your best friend.

it seems to go thru a howto for updateing all of the above.

EDIT:

also trying "Ultra 5 OBP update" as my search criteria on sunsolve returned a decent number of documents reguarding a few things.

from the OBP, you should be able to type 'probe-ide-all' or something to that effect. If the disk shows up fine, then you know the OBP is not your problem. If 'probe-ide-all' does not work, try 'sifting probe' from the OBP prompt. Choose the option that looks best to you.

Hope this helps.