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Date:      Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:57:28 -0800
From:      "John Du" <jjohndu@comcast.net>
To:        "Marcel Moolenaar" <marcel@xcllnt.net>
Cc:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 5.3 for SPARC64 does not find SCSI disks on Unltra 1E
Message-ID:  <002c01c4ce93$88a42670$cb01a8c0@weiziyu.com>
References:  <001301c4cdd8$57019cd0$cb01a8c0@weiziyu.com> <80B4B87D-39D5-11D9-9AFD-000D93C47836@xcllnt.net>

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marcel Moolenaar" <marcel@xcllnt.net>
To: "John Du" <jjohndu@comcast.net>
Cc: <freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3 for SPARC64 does not find SCSI disks on Unltra 1E


> On Nov 18, 2004, at 5:37 PM, John Du wrote:
>
>> I downloaded and burned the ISO images on CDs.  The first CD boots OK. 
>> When trying to partition the disks, the installer displays a message 
>> saying no disks found.
>>
>> The FreeBSD SPARC64 hardware list has the Ultra 1E as supported.  What do 
>> I have to do to install FreeBSD 5.3 on the SCSI disks on the Ultra 1E?
>
> Did the kernel find the disks? If the kernel did find the disks, then
> it might be that you need to clean the disks (clobber the first couple
> of sectors on the disk).


Thanks Marcel.  No, the kernel does not see the disk. I dropped to the 
command line and typed "lsdev".  The command lists nothing under block 
devices.

>
> -- 
>  Marcel Moolenaar         USPA: A-39004          marcel@xcllnt.net
>
> 




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