Hi: I gave up attempting to install Solaris10 nv77 on my Dell XPS-720 SATA drives (see about 6 posts ago for problem there - basically the nv_sata driver wouldn't recognize directly connected SATA drives).
Instead I decided to install Solaris10 nv77 onto 300GB Seagate drives connected to my Dell XPS-720 via USB interfaces (plural because I have two of these drives, model ST3300631A). I proceed through the installation menus but when suninstall initiates mkfs/newfs during the "Creating filesystems" phase, it hangs on the first slice (c0t0d0s0). But it gave no indication as to why. So I reboot my machine and direct the menu to take me to a SHELL prompt. From there I can do an fdisk, format, and newfs, but only intermittantly... Problem? SCSI transport errors "tran_err" or "timeout". So it wasn't the installer. I attempted newfs on both of these drives, which are connected to different USB ports. Both fail... newfs starts but immediately hangs due to these SCSI errors. I checked the cabling, and they are secure. The length of the cables themselves are the typical lengths (about 4 feet). I don't get it. I know I installed Solaris (nv49 or something) on these same two disks before, but that was when they were attached to my laptop. Any ideas? Again the problem is SCSI transport errors I guess triggered by I/O access to these USB attached drives. Thanks in Advance. Noel Milton This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
