Hello,

I've got an SATA drive attached on my Asus K8V-SE Deluxe Mainboard,
but Solaris can't find the disk, i.e. there's no /dev/sda entry.

Chipset: VIA K8T800
Processor: Athlon 64
SATA in IDE mode

Can anyone help me?

Oliver

omega237@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've got an SATA drive attached on my Asus K8V-SE Deluxe Mainboard,
> but Solaris can't find the disk, i.e. there's no /dev/sda entry.

There will never be. /dev/sd* is a Linuxism.
Try the format command (it will _not_ format your disk) and also look in
/dev/rdsk/c*t0d*



> Chipset: VIA K8T800
> Processor: Athlon 64
> SATA in IDE mode
> 
> Can anyone help me?

HTH

omega237@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've got an SATA drive attached on my Asus K8V-SE Deluxe Mainboard,
> but Solaris can't find the disk, i.e. there's no /dev/sda entry.
> 
Why should there be one?

The format command will list the available drives.

If you added the drive after you installed, "touch /reconfigure; init 6"
as root to reboot and rescan for devices.

-- 
Ian Collins.

Thommy M. wrote:
> omega237@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>>Hello,
>>
>>I've got an SATA drive attached on my Asus K8V-SE Deluxe Mainboard,
>>but Solaris can't find the disk, i.e. there's no /dev/sda entry.
> 
> 
> There will never be. /dev/sd* is a Linuxism.
> Try the format command (it will _not_ format your disk) and also look in
<snip>
format WILL format your disk, but only if you ask it to.  You can use 
the format command just to look at the layout (partitions or slices) of 
the disk.

It's best to have a look at the man page before trying to use it.

In article <5qm4upF10q80aU2@mid.individual.net>,
	Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> writes:
> omega237@gmail.com wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I've got an SATA drive attached on my Asus K8V-SE Deluxe Mainboard,
>> but Solaris can't find the disk, i.e. there's no /dev/sda entry.
>> 
> Why should there be one?
> 
> The format command will list the available drives.
> 
> If you added the drive after you installed, "touch /reconfigure; init 6"
> as root to reboot and rescan for devices.

or without rebooting, just run devfsadm -v -c disk

-- 
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

Thommy M. wrote:
> omega237@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>>Hello,
>>
>>I've got an SATA drive attached on my Asus K8V-SE Deluxe Mainboard,
>>but Solaris can't find the disk, i.e. there's no /dev/sda entry.
> 
> 
> There will never be. /dev/sd* is a Linuxism.
> Try the format command (it will _not_ format your disk) and also look in
> /dev/rdsk/c*t0d*
> 
> 

This is the content of my /dev/rdsk directory

# ls -l
total 84
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0p0 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:q,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0p1 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:r,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0p2 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:s,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0p3 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:t,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0p4 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:u,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0s0 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:a,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0s1 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:b,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0s10 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:k,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0s11 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:l,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0s12 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:m,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0s13 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:n,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0s14 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:o,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0s15 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:p,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0s2 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:c,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0s3 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:d,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0s4 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:e,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0s5 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:f,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0s6 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:g,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0s7 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:h,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0s8 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:i,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          54 Nov  3 11:21 c0d0s9 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0:j,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0p0 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:q,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0p1 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:r,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0p2 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:s,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0p3 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:t,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0p4 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:u,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0s0 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:a,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0s1 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:b,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0s10 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:k,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0s11 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:l,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0s12 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:m,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0s13 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:n,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0s14 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:o,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0s15 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:p,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0s2 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:c,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0s3 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:d,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0s4 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:e,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0s5 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:f,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0s6 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:g,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0s7 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:h,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0s8 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:i,raw
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root          52 Nov  3 11:21 c1t0d0s9 -> 
.../../devices/pci@0,0/pci-ide@f,1/ide@1/sd@0,0:j,raw


 >
 >
 >>Chipset: VIA K8T800
 >>Processor: Athlon 64
 >>SATA in IDE mode
 >>
 >>Can anyone help me?
 >
 >
 > HTH


But I have great problems to make some sense out of that listing. I 
would like to know if this directory really contains my s-ata disk and 
how to mount it. Perhaps a little hint where to find some good 
documentation about this topic would be really helpful as well as a 
description of what that really means (rdsk, dsk, ...).

Thank you so far.

Oliver

Thommy M. wrote:
> omega237@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>>Hello,
>>
>>I've got an SATA drive attached on my Asus K8V-SE Deluxe Mainboard,
>>but Solaris can't find the disk, i.e. there's no /dev/sda entry.
> 
> 
> There will never be. /dev/sd* is a Linuxism.
> Try the format command (it will _not_ format your disk) and also look in
> /dev/rdsk/c*t0d*
> 

P.S.: And format does only show one disk


> 
> 
> 
>>Chipset: VIA K8T800
>>Processor: Athlon 64
>>SATA in IDE mode
>>
>>Can anyone help me?
> 
> 
> HTH

So long,

Oliver

Oliver Koch wrote:
> Thommy M. wrote:
>> omega237@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I've got an SATA drive attached on my Asus K8V-SE Deluxe Mainboard,
>>> but Solaris can't find the disk, i.e. there's no /dev/sda entry.
>>
>>
>> There will never be. /dev/sd* is a Linuxism.
>> Try the format command (it will _not_ format your disk) and also look in
>> /dev/rdsk/c*t0d*
>>
> 
> P.S.: And format does only show one disk

OK, then I think it can be the motherboard RAID controller that is not
liked by Solaris. I've a K8M800 motherboard with a built in RAID
controller that I never can get i a mode so that Solaris recognizes the
disks...

Someone with more PC HW knowledge that can help Oliver (and me)???

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:55:14 GMT, "Thommy M."
<eclipsed9876543210@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Oliver Koch wrote:
>> Thommy M. wrote:
>>> omega237@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I've got an SATA drive attached on my Asus K8V-SE Deluxe Mainboard,
>>>> but Solaris can't find the disk, i.e. there's no /dev/sda entry.
>>>
>>>
>>> There will never be. /dev/sd* is a Linuxism.
>>> Try the format command (it will _not_ format your disk) and also look in
>>> /dev/rdsk/c*t0d*
>>>
>> 
>> P.S.: And format does only show one disk
>
>OK, then I think it can be the motherboard RAID controller that is not
>liked by Solaris. I've a K8M800 motherboard with a built in RAID
>controller that I never can get i a mode so that Solaris recognizes the
>disks...
>
>Someone with more PC HW knowledge that can help Oliver (and me)???

SATA drives?  Your MOBO manual lists BIOS SATA options as IDE or RAID.
If IDE doesn't work you are probalby out of luck.  (You have tried IDE
mode???)

Bill
-- 
William D Waddington
william.waddington@beezmo.com
"Even bugs...are unexpected signposts on
the long road of creativity..." - Ken Burtch

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:08:53 -0100, Oliver Koch <omega237@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Bill Waddington wrote:
>> On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:55:14 GMT, "Thommy M."
>> <eclipsed9876543210@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>Oliver Koch wrote:
>>>
>>>>Thommy M. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>omega237@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I've got an SATA drive attached on my Asus K8V-SE Deluxe Mainboard,
>>>>>>but Solaris can't find the disk, i.e. there's no /dev/sda entry.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>There will never be. /dev/sd* is a Linuxism.
>>>>>Try the format command (it will _not_ format your disk) and also look in
>>>>>/dev/rdsk/c*t0d*
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>P.S.: And format does only show one disk
>>>
>>>OK, then I think it can be the motherboard RAID controller that is not
>>>liked by Solaris. I've a K8M800 motherboard with a built in RAID
>>>controller that I never can get i a mode so that Solaris recognizes the
>>>disks...
>>>
>>>Someone with more PC HW knowledge that can help Oliver (and me)???
>> 
>> 
>> SATA drives?  Your MOBO manual lists BIOS SATA options as IDE or RAID.
>> If IDE doesn't work you are probalby out of luck.  (You have tried IDE
>> mode???)
>> 
>> Bill
>
>Yes, I have tried IDE mode as well. I am now thinking of writing a 
>kernel driver all by myself, since Solaris doesn't support my drive ;)
>Or perhaps I'll just switch to using an IDE drive again.
>
>Thank you for your participation,
>
>THREAD CLOSE

(almost...)

Sorry Oliver, I wasn't clear that I was replying to Thommy.  Sorry
for hijacking your thread.

THREAD REALLY CLOSED (?)

Bill
-- 
William D Waddington
william.waddington@beezmo.com
"Even bugs...are unexpected signposts on
the long road of creativity..." - Ken Burtch

>>
>> SATA drives?  Your MOBO manual lists BIOS SATA options as IDE or RAID.
>> If IDE doesn't work you are probalby out of luck.  (You have tried IDE
>> mode???)
>>
>> Bill
> 
> Yes, I have tried IDE mode as well. I am now thinking of writing a 
> kernel driver all by myself, since Solaris doesn't support my drive ;)
> Or perhaps I'll just switch to using an IDE drive again.
> 
> Thank you for your participation,
> 
> THREAD CLOSE
> 
> Greets,
> 
> Oliver

Had same issue on a Compaq - set the controller to IDE, AND put the 
master/slave jumpers on the drive(s) on the chain.

Remember, IDE is NOT SATA and does NOT support drive select.....

Ed

Bill Waddington wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:55:14 GMT, "Thommy M."
> <eclipsed9876543210@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Oliver Koch wrote:
>>
>>>Thommy M. wrote:
>>>
>>>>omega237@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>>I've got an SATA drive attached on my Asus K8V-SE Deluxe Mainboard,
>>>>>but Solaris can't find the disk, i.e. there's no /dev/sda entry.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>There will never be. /dev/sd* is a Linuxism.
>>>>Try the format command (it will _not_ format your disk) and also look in
>>>>/dev/rdsk/c*t0d*
>>>>
>>>
>>>P.S.: And format does only show one disk
>>
>>OK, then I think it can be the motherboard RAID controller that is not
>>liked by Solaris. I've a K8M800 motherboard with a built in RAID
>>controller that I never can get i a mode so that Solaris recognizes the
>>disks...
>>
>>Someone with more PC HW knowledge that can help Oliver (and me)???
> 
> 
> SATA drives?  Your MOBO manual lists BIOS SATA options as IDE or RAID.
> If IDE doesn't work you are probalby out of luck.  (You have tried IDE
> mode???)
> 
> Bill

Yes, I have tried IDE mode as well. I am now thinking of writing a 
kernel driver all by myself, since Solaris doesn't support my drive ;)
Or perhaps I'll just switch to using an IDE drive again.

Thank you for your participation,

THREAD CLOSE

Greets,

Oliver

Bill Waddington wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:08:53 -0100, Oliver Koch <omega237@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Bill Waddington wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:55:14 GMT, "Thommy M."
>>><eclipsed9876543210@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Oliver Koch wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Thommy M. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>omega237@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I've got an SATA drive attached on my Asus K8V-SE Deluxe Mainboard,
>>>>>>>but Solaris can't find the disk, i.e. there's no /dev/sda entry.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>There will never be. /dev/sd* is a Linuxism.
>>>>>>Try the format command (it will _not_ format your disk) and also look in
>>>>>>/dev/rdsk/c*t0d*
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>P.S.: And format does only show one disk
>>>>
>>>>OK, then I think it can be the motherboard RAID controller that is not
>>>>liked by Solaris. I've a K8M800 motherboard with a built in RAID
>>>>controller that I never can get i a mode so that Solaris recognizes the
>>>>disks...
>>>>
>>>>Someone with more PC HW knowledge that can help Oliver (and me)???
>>>
>>>
>>>SATA drives?  Your MOBO manual lists BIOS SATA options as IDE or RAID.
>>>If IDE doesn't work you are probalby out of luck.  (You have tried IDE
>>>mode???)
>>>
>>>Bill
>>
>>Yes, I have tried IDE mode as well. I am now thinking of writing a 
>>kernel driver all by myself, since Solaris doesn't support my drive ;)
>>Or perhaps I'll just switch to using an IDE drive again.
>>
>>Thank you for your participation,
>>
>>THREAD CLOSE
> 
> 
> (almost...)
> 
> Sorry Oliver, I wasn't clear that I was replying to Thommy.  Sorry
> for hijacking your thread.
> 
> THREAD REALLY CLOSED (?)
> 
> Bill

Sorry for not being able to put my post in the right thread. Will try to 
learn how to do it.