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# 36  
Old 11-30-2018
Things are getting a little more convoluted in my head, and I know that with SCO it is vital to perform the correct steps in the correct order. I am sure I'm not doing that, so I need some more help. With the new server hardware, the CD drive is actually an IDE device, connected to the IDE port on the mb. The HD is connected to SATA port that is emulating IDE. In BIOS when I look at the Boot order, it shows my HD as IDE 0, and my CD as just IDE, so I'm assuming it is the Secondary Master with respect to the IDE terminology. The CD drive in the old server was also attached as the Secondary Master IDE, but I guess that the old settings need to be replaced by new settings by using "mkdev cdrom"? I have been trying to do this, first I performed the removal of the CD drive in mkdev, but I did not rebuild the kernel and reboot - I just immediately tried to add the CD drive again and I got the message saying there was already a CD Rom device at that location. Do I need to reboot after each step of this process, and am I even doing the right thing? If I get it done correctly, is this the right command to mount the CD: mount /dev/cd0 /mnt? Thanks for all your help and patience with me.
# 37  
Old 12-01-2018
Can you show us the contents of /etc/conf/cf.d/mscsi. it may be that multiple cd's are currently configured.

if you have made a change, then you should rebuild the kernel and reboot, just to keep the configuration files and the kernel at the same level.
# 38  
Old 12-03-2018
The contents of /etc/conf/cf.d/mscsi changes whenever I go into "mkdev cdrom" to make changes. I have tried to remove the cdrom drive and start fresh twice, and I need to have a couple of things clarified, I think: #1 - is the "mkdev cdrom" the right command to start with? #2 - what is the difference between adding a driver or adding a device? If I start with trying to add the CD Rom device, it says that I first need to install a driver. So I proceed to install a CD Rom driver using my IDE info (which I think is Secondary Master), rebuild kernel, etc. and reboot. Then when I go and try to add the CD Rom device, it tells me there is already a device configured with that IDE info. At no time, however, have I been able to do a successful mounting of the CD using:
Code:
mount /dev/cd0 /mnt

So I know I'm doing something wrong, but I don't know what to do differently.
# 39  
Old 12-03-2018
1. can you confirm from the POST and CMOS that the cd is actually the secondary master?
2. can you post the last page of /usr/adm/messages so that we can see the hardware that the kernel finds?
3. can you post the contents of /etc/conf/cf.d/mscsi so that we can see if there are multiple cd's configured?
it is possible that the cd-rom is actually configured as /dev/cd1 not cd0.
# 40  
Old 12-03-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by spock9458
The contents of /etc/conf/cf.d/mscsi changes whenever I go into "mkdev cdrom" to make changes. I have tried to remove the cdrom drive and start fresh twice, and I need to have a couple of things clarified, I think: #1 - is the "mkdev cdrom" the right command to start with? #2 - what is the difference between adding a driver or adding a device? If I start with trying to add the CD Rom device, it says that I first need to install a driver. So I proceed to install a CD Rom driver using my IDE info (which I think is Secondary Master), rebuild kernel, etc. and reboot. Then when I go and try to add the CD Rom device, it tells me there is already a device configured with that IDE info. At no time, however, have I been able to do a successful mounting of the CD using:
Code:
mount /dev/cd0 /mnt

So I know I'm doing something wrong, but I don't know what to do differently.
From above:
Quote:
what is the difference between adding a driver or adding a device?
Since your HD came from a different platform, I think the steps would be:
1. 'mkdev cdrom' to remove the old device config and driver. Relink the kernel and reboot.

When completely happy that all traces of old CDROM config have gone, i.e. system complains that there's no driver.....

2. 'mkdev cdrom' to install the new driver. Relink the kernel and reboot.

3. 'mkdev cdrom' (again!!) to configure the device. Prompts are different from (2) above. Relink the kernel and reboot.

Having to run 'mkdev cdrom' twice to configure a new disk or CDROM device, first for the driver and second for the configuration, confuses many. Have no doubt about that.
# 41  
Old 12-03-2018
I finally found in BIOS that where the drives are listed, there is a scroll bar - and I am able to verify that BIOS shows the DVD drive as the Primary Slave. So I've tried a couple of combinations of deleting the IDE CD drivers and devices in mkdev, and still I'm not having success. /usr/adm/messages indicates that no cd-rom has shown up at boot since I moved the hd to new server hardware. There is one thing - whenever I go to remove the device and drivers in mkdev, the last question it asks is: "Do you want to remove the high-sierra file system?" to which I have always answered no - should I be saying yes to the removal of that? Otherwise, I seem to be getting nowhere.
# 42  
Old 12-04-2018
It's been a good while since I interacted with SCO Unix but, as far as I remember, SCO only uses High Sierra filesystems on CDROM.

So I think it should be fine to remove it. However, before you do that take a peek at the mkdev scripts and, again as far as I remember, there is a script for High Sierra in there.

The mkdev scripts are located in:
Code:
/usr/lib/mkdev

I think. (If that's not the exact path take a look around and you'll soon find it). I don't have a SCO system to refer to right now.

If I'm correct and there is a script for it (note the exact spelling of the filename), then you can easily put it back later.

Hope that helps.
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