Re: scsi dvice scaned but what is the next?

Douglas Gilbert (dgilbert@interlog.com)
Sun, 08 Aug 1999 11:50:40 -0400


Eddie wrote:

> I have RedHat Linx 6.0 (Linux 2.2.5). When I use "insmod" load my Fibre
> Channel HBA driver, it shows:
> scsi : 1 host.
> Vendor: SEAGATE ModelL ST39102FC Rev: 0006
> Type: Direct-Access
> Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
> SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 17783240 [8683 MB] [8.7
> GB]
> sda: unknown partition table
> SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 17783240 [8683 MB] [8.7
> GB]
> sdb: unknown partition table
> SCSI device sdc: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 17783240 [8683 MB] [8.7
> GB]
> sdc: unknown partition table
>
> The it stops and back to system prompt.
>
> What is the next?
>
> Is the driver module loading process completed?

Yes, it seems to be. Linux didn't recognize the partition tables
on those 3 disks. Linux recognizes DOS like partitions
(by default) and optionally BSD, Mac, SMB, Solaris,
SGI and Unixware (kernel build options).

> - If so, what is the next thing I do to find the device,
> partition it and mount the device for some IO test?

If you don't care about the current contents of those
disks then the answer is simple:
# fdisk /dev/sda
followed by /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc to write DOS like partitions
on those disks. After that use mke2fs to place file
systems in those partitions ...

Doug Gilbert

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