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NetAdmin <lanman_aw@yahoo.com> writes:

>Any help with my problem is greatly appreciated.
>I attempted to replace one of the two 1GB Quantum SCA drives in my
>SS5-110 with a 9GB IBM manufactured ( Compaq) labelled drive but to no
>avail. The system doesn't see the drive. I attempted to set the new
>drive to SCSI ID 0 and re-attempted a Solaris 7 reinstall but again the
>drive isn't seen by the system. I got a message which said: " Magic
>number not correct " but I'm lost as to what such a message means.
>I only mentioned the drive having a Compaq label since Compaq in
>notorious for proprietary components.

First of all, you do not need to set the SCSI ID of a drive you're
installing internally in a Sparc 5. By virtue of the 80-pin SCA SCSI
interface, the SCSI-ID's are hard-wired for each slot. The top slot is ID-1,
and the bottom slot (where the default boot disk sits) is ID-3.

Attempting to set the SCSI ID with jumpers on the drive will probably
result in ID conflicts, if the drive is recognised at all.

Secondly, if you do get the magic number message, the drive is being
recognised, and the message is telling you that there is no valid SunOS disk
label written onto the disk, and you will need to either use the 'format'
program to format, partition and label the disk, or do it via an installtion
off a Solaris CD-ROM.

Disks don't come pre-formatted (normally) or pre-labelled - that's where
your Unix admin knowledge comes in.

Regards,

Craig.
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