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PCServer500 - SCO UNIX Installation Fails
Applicable to: World-Wide
Symptom:
IBM Server 500 fails to boot after the installation of SCO* UNIX if the primary (boot) SCSI hard drive has a capacity of 1024 MB or greater.
Problem Isolation Aids:
All of the following must apply:
1. The system is an IBM PC Server 500 (8641).
2. The system has a primary (boot) SCSI hard drive with a capacity greater than 1024 MB.
3. SCO* UNIX/Open Server just installed without error.
Fix:
The SCO* UNIX/Open Server device driver for IBM SCSI hard drives does not currently support drives with capacities greater than 1024 MB as the primary (boot) drive.
Note:
Disks greater than 1024 MB capacity are supported by SCO as secondary non-boot drives.
SCO* is also making enhancements to its device driver to support drives greater than 1024 MB as primary drives and plans to make this driver available to customers at a later date. If customer has a SCSI-2 F/W Adapter, they must have previously obtained and installed one of the following from SCO*:
a. SLS UOD383A (recommended)
b. AHA 3.3 or
c. AHS 3.4
SCO* has tested and will support the IBM PC Server 500 models 8641-0YT (1.12 GB), 8641-0YV (2.25 GB), and 8641-0Y0 (open-bay) when configured with any of the IBM drives listed below as a primary boot drive:
- SCSI-2 Fast (narrow) 1.0 GB (Option P/N 70G8492) see notes
- SCSI-2 Fast/Wide 1.0 GB (Option P/N 70G9743) below
- SCSI-2 Fast (narrow) 540 MB (Option P/N 70G8491)
Notes:
1. PC Server 500 Hot-Swap Tray for narrow drives (P/N 70G9851) required.
2. PC Server 500 Hot-Swap Tray for wide drives (P/N 70G9741) required.
*SCO Unix is a registered trademark of Santa Cruz Operations.
SAS KEYWORDS:
PSY2 PSY2PROG SERVER 8641
PCSERVER PSY2FDSK
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Date Created |
24-01-95 | |
Last Updated |
27-03-98 | |
Revision Date |
27-03-99 | |
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IBM PC Server | |
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PC Server 500 | |
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8641 | |
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