Subject: Re: How to get non-Sun SCSI drive working on Sparc IPX?
To: Beaker \(aka Jeff W.\) <beaker@myrealbox.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/28/2002 22:26:09
"Beaker (aka Jeff W.)" <beaker@myrealbox.com> writes:
> I'm trying to get a Fujitsu 4GB SCSI drive to work on a Sun IPX, but
> it didn't come with Solaris on it so there isn't a Sun boot label on
> it. This apparently causes the install to barf on the Sparc. What I'm
> wondering is how to get a valid boot label on the disk.

I have no idea if you are right on install barfing if the disk doesn't
have a sun disklabel, but the disklabel(8) utility could easily be
used on the machine if you booted it diskless.

Perry