Subject: Re: Quantum ProDrive ELS
To: Nathan Gelbard <gelbard@ENGR.ORST.EDU>
From: mike smith <miff@spam.frisbee.net.au>
List: port-hp300
Date: 04/29/1997 10:26:30
Nathan Gelbard wrote:
> 
> I've got a ProDrive ELS 85meggger I'd like to put NetBSD on.
> On boot, the kernel reports 1536 cyls, 2 heads, 166200 blocks,
> 512 bytes/block. It also reports its SCSI-2. I'm using
> this in a hp433.
> 
> 1) Can my hp read SCSI-2, or do I need a seperate controller?

Good question; you may have trouble booting from it, if
the stories about scsi-2 are true.

> 2) Do I need a disktab entry to disklabel? If so, what is it/
> where can I find it?

No.
 
> After a few minutes of spite, it wrote the sd7958 label to it,
> then I was able to edit it. Otherwise, disklabel wouldnt touch
> it. I know the sd7958 label is not going to work.

Try :

# disklabel sd1 >/tmp/label
# vi label
(fix label up.  'c' partition and details should be OK)
# dislabel -rRB sd1 /tmp/label

When you're editing the label, make sure you leave a few
hundred K free at the beginning of the disk for the bootstrap.
I've normally used the 'a' partition and left a cylinder free.

>         Nate

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