SUMMARY: SPARCstation 5 - Sol 8 on ST39150N

Thanks to Steve, Will and Peter.  You know who you are.

My disk was U/S.  Simple.

 Thanks,

 --Rob.

 ST39150N


> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to put Solaris 8 onto an aging SPARCstation 5 with a 9GB
> Seagate
> > disk, in order to build an install server dedicated to the X1
revolution,
> > ahem.
> >
> > After s.l.o.w.l.y. booting from CD and starting the Solaris 8 Webstart
> > installer 3.0, the install kernel boots and searches for disks, during
> which
> > time the ST39140N goes "offline".  Error given below:
> >
> > WARNING:
> > /iommu@0,10000000/sbus@0,10001000/espdma5@0,840000/esp@5,8800000/sd@1,0
> >
> > probe-scsi sees the disk fine (target 1 at the mo').
> >
> > Am I missing a jumper on the disk to stop it spinning down?  If not,
what
> > have I missed?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > --Rob.
> >
> >
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