Subject: disklabel trouble on a pmax(pmin?)
To: None <port-pmax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: James O'Kane <jo2y+@cs.cmu.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 02/01/1998 07:58:54
Hi,
I was recently given a DECstation 2100 to play with. It had no hard drive
in it so I added a SCSI Seagate ST3283N. I've been successful in getting a
diskless boot to work over my network. My problem occurs when I try to use
disklabel. First I tried
disklabel /dev/rz0c -b rzboot -s bootrz
that is listed in the install manual, but that didn't work. What I finally
got to work partially was:
disklabel -w -B -b /usr/mdec/rzboot -s /usr/mdec/bootrz /dev/rz0 rz23
The rz23 is a listing in /etc/disktab. I tried my hand at writing my own
entry to that
sg|Seagate:\
:dt=SCSI:ty=winchester:ns#57:nt#5:nc#1689:\
:pa#65536:oa#0:ba#8192:fa#1024:\
:pb#98304:ob#65536:bb#8192:fb#1024:tb=swap:\
:pc#485601:oc#0:bc#8192:fc#1024:\
:pd#13674:od#163840:bd#8192:fd#1024:\
:pe#13674:oe#177514:be#8192:fe#1024:\
:pf#13676:of#191188:bf#8192:ff#1024:\
:pg#41024:og#163840:bg#8192:fg#1024:
I get the error: partition c: partition extends past the end of unit. Here
are the specs of the drive from the seagate website.
ST-3283N
UNFORMATTED CAPACITY _____________________
FORMATTED CAPACITY (xx SECTORS) __________248.62
AVERAGE SECTORS PER TRACK ________________57 rounded down
ACTUATOR TYPE ____________________________ROTARY VOICE COIL
TRACKS ___________________________________8,455
CYLINDERS ________________________________1,689 (user)
HEADS ____________________________________5
DISCS (3.5 in) ___________________________3
MEDIA TYPE _______________________________THIN FILM
HEAD TYPE ________________________________THIN FILM
RECORDING METHOD _________________________ZBR RLL (1,7)
INTERNAL TRANSFER RATE (mbits/sec) _______15.0 to 24.4
EXTERNAL TRANSFER RATE (mbyte/sec) _______4 Async
EXTERNAL TRANSFER RATE (mbyte/sec) _______10 Sync
SPINDLE SPEED (RPM) ______________________4,500
AVERAGE LATENCY (mSEC) ___________________6.67
BUFFER ___________________________________128 Kbyte SeaCache
Read Look-Ahead Multisegmented cache
INTERFACE ________________________________SCSI-2 Fast
SECTORS PER DRIVE ________________________485,601
TPI (TRACKS PER INCH) ____________________1,960
BPI (BITS PER INCH) ______________________38,000
AVERAGE ACCESS (ms) ______________________12
SINGLE TRACK SEEK (ms) ___________________<4
MAX FULL SEEK (ms) _______________________32
MTBF (power-on hours) Office _____________250,000
POWER REQUIREMENTS: +12V START-UP (amps) _1.5
POWER MANAGEMENT (Watts):
ACTIVE _______________5.7
IDLE _________________3.0
STANDBY ______________1.0
WRITE PRECOMP (cyl) ______________________N/A
REDUCED WRITE CURRENT (cyl) ______________N/A
LANDING ZONE (cyl) _______________________AUTO
IBM AT DRIVE TYPE ________________________0
Formatted at the factory with 2 alternate cylinders. Total physical
cylinders equal 1691.
ZBR = Zone Bit Recording = Variable sectors per track
My concern would be the ZBR, but I don't know how to account for that.
Could someone help me debug my disktab entry or tell me that I should be
using something else?
Thanks
-james