SUMMARY: Adding a 5th disk (2.3 GB) the 4/330

From: Kamal Kantawala (kamal@clio.rad.sunysb.edu)
Date: Wed Mar 22 1995 - 15:23:03 CST


Sun-Managers,

Sorry for the late summary. The general consensus was modify the entry for
the second scsi tape drive in the config file of the kernel to a scsi disk
and remake the kernel. Also the new FAST SCSI-2 disks should work with the
older VME Bus SCSI I card when connected using a D50 to micro-D50 cable.
As I am running SunOS 4.1.1, I may have to upgrade to SunOS 4.1.3. Repartition
the disk into two smaller partitions (SunOS 4.1.3 supports only 2 GB per
partition). Other suggestion was I upgrade to Solaris 2.4, then I do not
need to remake the kernel.

I still have to try it out. I am waiting for the new disk to come in.

The Procedure:

1) edit the /usr/sys/sun4/conf/SYSTEMNAME file

Replace:
tape st1 at sm0 drive 050 flags 1
by:
disk sd3 at sm0 drive 050 flags 1

hash out the original sd3 entry:
#disk sd3 at sm0 drive 011 flags 0

2) Save your current kernel in case it fails. Rebuild the new kernel. Connect the
disk and go.

Thanks to all who replied.

A partial list follows:

hmikelee@lehman.com (Mike Lee)
"Ashwin P. Rao" <ashwin@cadence.com>
Glenn.Satchell@uniq.com.au (Glenn Satchell - Uniq Professional Services)
u2is9gef@gregsun.crrel.usace.army.mil (GREGOR E FELLERS )
Ross.Stocks.INSDRS01@nt.com
martin@gea.hsr.it (Martin Achilli)
Kevin Martinez <lps@rahul.net>
Anne C Shaw <SHAW@utmc.utc.com>
bern@TI.Uni-Trier.DE (Jochen Bern)
bharrell@digit.com (Bruce L. Harrell)
"Patrick L. Nolan" <pln@egret1.Stanford.EDU>
Mr T Crummey (DIJ) <tom@sees.bangor.ac.uk>
stevee@sbei.com (Steve Ehrhardt)
David Moline <drm@gcs.oz.au>
Kevin.Sheehan@uniq.com.au (Kevin Sheehan {Consulting Poster Child})
frala@mem.unibe.ch (Frank Langlotz)
Richard Butler <richard@biocell.irmkant.rm.cnr.it>
jmarble@cambric.com (Jeff Marble)
paulo@parana.dcc.unicamp.br (Paulo Licio de Geus)
Birger.Wathne@vest.sdata.no (Birger A. Wathne)
John DiMarco <jdd@db.toronto.edu>

My original question was:

Dear Sun-Managers,

I have two SparcServers 4/330 (A and B) with the following configurations

A)
  2 internal disk drives (669 MB each)
  2 external disk drives (Two 669 MB on 1 ESM)
  1 1/4" Tape Drive (Desktop Storage Pack)
  1 Sun CDROM (Desktop Storage Pack)

B)
  2 internal disk drives (669 MB)
  2 external disk drives (Two 669 MB on two ESMs)
  1 2.3 GB 8mm Tape drive (On one of the above ESMs)
  1 Sun CDROM (Desktop Storage Pack)
 

Both have 40 MB RAM and run SunOS 4.1 2.

I contacted Sun for information on adding a 2.3 GB disk drive to
the SparcServer 4/330. I was told that as I already have 4 disk drives
on it: I am max-ed out. I can only have 4 DDs + 2 TDs + 1 CDROM.
Also, they do not make peripherals for the old SCSI bus (SCSI I)
which is on the SparcServer 4/330. In addition, as 4/330
does not have a SBus and Sun no longer makes VME bus SCSI cards,
I cannot add a SCSI bus card to the system.

My only options according to Sun are:

1) to upgrade the SparcServer 330 to a SparcServer 1000 or SparcServer 20.

2) or get a VME bus SCSI card from some other vendor and get a cable
   which goes from old SCSI port to a micro-miniature SCSI port
   on the new disk drives and then connect the new disk drive.
   There may be a speed mismatch because of this. The disk drives
   work at 10 Mbps and the VME SCSI board works at 4 Mbps. There
   may be compatibility problems.

3) or get a VME bus SCSI card and a SCSI disk drive from the used market
   or some other vendor and install it in the 4/330.

Could you give some suggestions?

Thanks.

Kamal Kantawala
System Administrator
MIPL at SUNY Stony Brook.
(kamal@clio.rad.sunysb.edu)



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