Re: Enterprise 450 UltraSparc II
I believe it has to do with the order the controllers are detected in.
If you're concerned, perhaps changing the slots the controllers use would
help.
On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 04:41:54PM -0400, Mike Artis said:
> Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 16:41:54 -0400
> From: Mike Artis <martis@cavtel.net>
> To: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Enterprise 450 UltraSparc II
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> I am trying to install Debian 3.0 r2 on an Enterprise 450 UltraSparc II.
> My server has a total of 12 hard drives installed. Here is the layout
> of the disks. These numbers reflect what the system should see them as
> after installation.
>
> Onboard SCSI controller (holds 4 drives):
> Disks 0-3
>
> SCSI controller card (holds 8 drives):
> Disks 4-11
>
> SCSI controller card (holds 8 drives):
> No Disks (room for growth)
>
> My problem is that during and after installation, Debian reports the
> drive order incorrectly. It is reporting disk #4 (the first slot on the
> first controller card) as /dev/sda instead of disk #0 as /dev/sda. This
> setup worked correctly in Solaris 9, and works fine if I only have 4
> disks in place in the onboard SCSI controller. As soon as drives get
> added to the controller cards, they are recognized first. OpenBoot
> always reports the drive order correctly.
>
> Has anyone ever seen this? I've searched the list archives but came up
> empty handed. I did however see a lot of successful reports with the
> E450 and Debian. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
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