jrp@rducky.uucp (JIM PICKERING) (11/19/90)
What steps do I take to format a new disk and make it bootable? jim -- Jim Pickering c/o Technical Solutions || (north) ..csustan!polyslo!rducky!jrp P.O. Box 1045 || (south) ..sdsu!polyslo!rducky!jrp Arroyo Grande, CA 93421 || (south) ..csun!polyslo!rducky!jrp (805) 473-1037 || (east) ..csufres!polyslo!rducky!jrp
steve-t@hpfcso.HP.COM (Steve Taylor) (11/20/90)
} What steps do I take to format a new disk and make it bootable?
Create appropriate device files (depends on: S300 or S800; HP-IB, SCSI,
or ...; etc.), attach the disk, and run newfs on it. newfs defaults to
making a bootable disk, unless the -n option is specified. See newfs(1m)
in the HP-UX Reference.campbelr@hpcuha.cup.hp.com (Bob Campbell) (11/20/90)
What version of the operating system, what system and what disk? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Campbell Some times I wish that I could stop you from campbelr@hpda.cup.hp.com talking, when I hear the silly things you say. Hewlett Packard - Elvis Costello
ericr@hp-vcd.HP.COM (Eric Ross) (11/21/90)
Refer to mediainit(1M) and newfs(1M). They should do the trick. Eric Ross ericr@vcd.hp.com
steve-t@hpfcso.HP.COM (Steve Taylor) (11/21/90)
In answer to: } What steps do I take to format a new disk and make it bootable? I wrote: | Create appropriate device files (depends on: S300 or S800; HP-IB, SCSI, | or ...; etc.), attach the disk, and run newfs on it. newfs defaults to | making a bootable disk, unless the -n option is specified. See newfs(1m) | in the HP-UX Reference. As one of my colleagues pointed out to me, I left out an important step. You will need to run mediainit on the disk before running newfs. See mediainit(1) in the HP-UX Reference. You can often find guidelines for the appropriate interleave factor (-i option of mediainit) in /etc/disktab, if the documentation with the disk doesn't give enough information. Regards, Steve taylor NOT A STATEMENT, OFFICIAL OR OTHERWISE, OF THE HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY.
paul@eye.com (Paul B. Booth) (11/21/90)
In article <7370258@hpfcso.HP.COM> steve-t@hpfcso.HP.COM (Steve Taylor) writes: >} What steps do I take to format a new disk and make it bootable? > >Create appropriate device files (depends on: S300 or S800; HP-IB, SCSI, >or ...; etc.), attach the disk, and run newfs on it. newfs defaults to >making a bootable disk, unless the -n option is specified. See newfs(1m) >in the HP-UX Reference. Umm, if it's a new disk, you want to run mediainit on it before you newfs. If you're not familiar w/ these commands, you'd be much better off using sam (hp's sysadmin program) to add the drive. Sam's menu driven and relatively monkey-proof. Fire it up and go to the "File Systems" section and then into "Add a Hard Disk Drive." -- Paul B. Booth (paul@eye.com) (...!hplabs!hpfcla!eye!paul) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3D/EYE, Inc., 2359 N. Triphammer Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850 voice: (607)257-1381 fax: (607)257-7335
jrp@rducky.uucp (JIM PICKERING) (11/26/90)
Thanks to all of you who posted replies to my query. I got the disk formatted and installed this evening without a hitch. jim -- Jim Pickering c/o Technical Solutions || (north) ..csustan!polyslo!rducky!jrp P.O. Box 1045 || (south) ..sdsu!polyslo!rducky!jrp Arroyo Grande, CA 93421 || (south) ..csun!polyslo!rducky!jrp (805) 473-1037 || (east) ..csufres!polyslo!rducky!jrp