It sounds like it is a bad drive. you could try a "probe-scsi-all" command to
see if the disk responds to an inquiry command and shows up in the scsi device
list...
Dwight K. Elvey said:
> Hi Dan
> I get a 'boot device not ready' message. I'll have to look to
> see exactly what the device is but I do remember it does include
> the sd_at_3,0. I guess it is just a bad drive. I'm the only one
> to look into it so I don't think it is an issue of the wrong
> slot. I'll have to see if there is any F-code diagnostics for
> the disk. Some times there is something there that can help
> check. It means spending a couple of hours hacking through
> the open boot code.
> The disk spins up and makes the bleep-bleep sounds that they
> normally do.
> Dwight
>
>
> >From: "Dan Wright" <dtwright_at_uiuc.edu>
> >
> >It should be something like /iommu/sbus/espdma/sd_at_3,0:a [1] (that's from memory
> >so there are some other numbers missing, but it should be close...they aren't
> >important numbers anyway as there's only 1 iommu, sbus, and espdma in the
> >system :)
> >
> >what's the exact error you're getting as it's trying to boot?
> >
> >[1] sd_at_3,0 is the bottom SCA drive slot. sd_at_1,0 is the top (I believe). if
> >the boot disk is in the top slot try moving it to the bottom.
> >
> >Dwight K. Elvey said:
> >> Hi
> >> I'm not sure if this is old enough. I have a
> >> sparc 5 that has stopped booting. I'm not sure
> >> if it is the nvram that has failed or the disk.
> >> Does anyone know the full name of the normal
> >> internal disk drive? I'd like to compare it
> >> with the one it says it is trying to boot from.
> >> Dwight
> >>
> >- Dan Wright
> >(dtwright_at_uiuc.edu)
> >(http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
> >
> >-] ------------------------------ [-] -------------------------------- [-
> >``Weave a circle round him thrice, / And close your eyes with holy dread,
> > For he on honeydew hath fed, / and drunk the milk of Paradise.''
> > Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan
> >
>
- Dan Wright
(dtwright_at_uiuc.edu)
(
http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
-] ------------------------------ [-] -------------------------------- [-
``Weave a circle round him thrice, / And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honeydew hath fed, / and drunk the milk of Paradise.''
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan
Received on Thu Jul 11 2002 - 14:47:00 BST