dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc bs=1M count=1 to zorch the disk label.
Sorry about that! HTH! --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > One trick to consider. If it's not a boot disk, use an MSDOS / PC > label. The kernel can still read it and it's a lot less flaky than > the > Sun scheme. One issue I have had with large disks and Sun labels (but > this only occurred on a 40G volume) is that the disk did not work > right > with a Sun label, and I had to use PC instead to get it to work at > all. > > Can another helpful D-I or Sun internals person talk a little about > disk labels? They seem to be a little odd and I do not understand why > they cause such problems. > > Another thing to try: zorch the hell out of the disk label with dd > if=/dev/zero of=/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc bs=1M > > Then redo it with parted's CHS numbers: 8637,64,32. I have noticed > parted and SPARC fdisk tend to take the label as gospel truth even > when > it's stuffed full of inaccurate crap. I bet if you erase the label > and > recreate it, this problem should stop happening. That was another > trick > I needed to use to get going at one point. > > Another thing, get the proper CHS numbers from the disk maker and > type > those in to the label creation command in parted. This should help > you > with your geometry problem. > > HTH! > > --- Ardo van Rangelrooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > > I had an issue similar to this one when installing on an Ultra 2 > > with a > > > similar setup. > > > > > > I found I could get around the problem by selecting the execute a > > shell > > > option in the debian installer, then running parted on the disk > > > manually. > > > > > > One thing I cannot remember that you will need to find out in > order > > to > > > do this is the proper device name for your disks. The name > > convention > > > used by the installer kernel is really bizarre and I do not > > understand > > > how it works. > > > > > > Hopefully the D-I people on this list will be able to explain > what > > > device names your disks might be using, or you can reverse > engineer > > it > > > from the install screens. > > > > > > --- Ardo van Rangelrooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I've got an interesting issue with installing sarge on an > ultra1: > > At > > > > the > > > > beginning of the partitioning the 9GB HD's are detected > correctly > > as > > > > having > > > > 9GB. However, when configuring the 1st partition as 4GB, the > > > > partition size > > > > is reported as 2GB in the partition info screen. When I > continue > > > > there's > > > > only some 27MB left. When using guided partitioning I get > > similar > > > > results > > > > (1.9GB + 99MB) and the partitioning even fails with an error > > message > > > > stating > > > > that there are too many primary partitions. > > > > > > > > I'm using the netboot from April 24 and both 2.4 and 2.6 fail. > > Older > > > > netboots > > > > (e.g. rc3) also fail here. The ultra1 has OBP v3.35 and > > probe-scsi > > > > detects > > > > the HD's correctly. It has 256MB memory. > > > > > > > > Any thoughts/hints/help how to get across this hurdle? I > looked > > > > through the > > > > bug reports for d-i but didn't find anything about this issue. > > > > Thanks for the tip. I'm a step closer. When running parted by > hand > > I get > > > > /bin # parted /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc print > > Warning: The disk CHS geometry (8637,64,32) does not match the > > geometry stored > > on the disk label (1107,27,133). > > Ignore/Cancel? c > > > > > Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary. > > > > > > > Unfortunately running > > > > parted /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc mklabel sun > > > > does NOT resolve this. The geometry mismatch persits. > > > > I'll run fdisk on this disk in another machine and see what gives. > > > > Thanks, > > Ardo > > -- > > Ardo van Rangelrooij Debian > > XML/SGML Group > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://people.debian.org/~ardo/ > > http://debian-xml-sgml.alioth.debian.org/ > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]