Re: ADAPTEC AIC7899W SCO R 5.0.5
From: ews (1313_at_mockingbird.ln)
Date: 04/30/03
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:37:32 GMT
Update:
boot: bootdefstr Sdsk=ad160(0,0,0,0) ahslink=ad160
does not seem to work either.. Any ideas??
e-
ews wrote:
> Update:
>
> Tried this:
>
>
http://ask.adaptec.com/cgi-bin/adaptec_tic.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=2145
>
> But it didn't seem to solve the problem.
>
> e-
>
>
> ews wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I posted this article in another, less traveled, news group. So if you
>> have seen this before, thats why.
>>
>> I am pretty new to Unix so I apologize if this question reflects my
>> ignorance.
>>
>> We recently purchased a Dell PowerEdge 2650 server which will hopefully
>> soon be running SCO UNIX OpenServer R 5.0.5.
>>
>> When I attempt to install the OS I run into a problem that ultimately
>> results in a failed installation.
>>
>> After I select my keyboard type and enter the serial number, the
>> installation begins to copy files from the installation media and then
>> stops with the following error.
>>
>> ERROR:
>>
>> No root disk has been detected. Cannot proceed. Verify that your hardware
>> configuration has a disk attached and configured as the primary disk.
>>
>> Installation will now abort. Press <Enter>
>>
>> When I press enter, the system reboots.
>>
>> I have done a few Google searches, searched the adaptec site, and trolled
>> the Caldera TA knowledgebase. I suspect from information I have read that
>> the fix is in the bootstring.
>>
>> Though I am not sure exactly what elements are required in the
>> bootstring, nor where to find the information needed.
>>
>> Bootstrings I have tried are:
>>
>> defbootstr scsi.noscan
>> defbootstr Sdsk=7899w(0,0,7,0)
>> defbootstr Sdsk=ad160(0,0,0,0)
>> defbootstr Sdsk=ad160(0,0,7,0)
>> defbootstr Sdsk=ad(0,0,0,0) and 0,0,7,0
>> defbootstr Sdsk=dpti(0,0,0,0) and 0,0,7,0
>> defbootstr Sdsk=dpti5(0,0,0,0) and 0,0,7,0
>>
>> If it matters, the SCSI controller is an Adaptec. Printed in the chip is
>> "adaptec
>> AIC-7899W
>> BQEE308
>> 753320
>> R46852.1S02
>> KOREA"
>>
>> I know the information I have provided is a bit vauge. However, if you
>> need additional information, please let me know and I will be more than
>> happy to find it and post it. At this point, I am pretty much stuck. Even
>> a push in the direction of the right information source would be greatly
>> apprecitated.
>>
>> In the meantime I will be looking for the appropriate SCSI controller
>> driver, and looking for information on how to get the installation
>> to recognize the SCSI disks during installation.
>>
>> Thanks for your time,
>>
>> e-
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