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Subject: Re: Adding IDE drive to OSR5.0.5
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hd=Sdsk worked great... Thanks!

In article <39B88834.E71394EF@sodapop.org>,
  John Gray <johng@sodapop.org> wrote:
> kkeegan@my-deja.com wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to add an IDE drive to OSR5.0.5.  My configuration
currently
> > has a dpti RAID controller and works properly.
> >
> > When I physically install the IDE drive (at any location), the
system
> > tries to find my root partition on the IDE drive and panics
> > with ..srmountfun:  Error 6....
> >
> > As an interesting twist, if the IDE drive has a working SCO system
on
> > it, the system boots from the SCSI kernel and mounts the IDE root
> > filesystem.
> >
> > I've tried:
> > defbootstr Sdsk=dpti(0,0,0,0)   /* same problem
> > defbootstr hd=dpti    /* "hd=dpti" ignored, invalid driver
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
> Try defbootstr hd=Sdsk
>
> This tells the kernel (hd driver) to put the SCSI driver in
> bdev/cdev switch table position 1.
>
> -john
>
>

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