Originally Posted by panos83
Hello there Sir,
according to this old post,
http://www.unix.com/sco/100001-warni...ler-found.html
i try to restore an old image to a new hard disk drive.
The problem is that i don't have basic information such as:
1) Which btld driver do i need for my new hard drive?
2) Where to tell sco where the new drive actually is, according to the post
above (ex. "root=ad320(0,0,0,0)" tell sco what the hard drive address is.
controller #,bus #, disk id#, lun always 0)
My hardware does not support floppy device due its nature plus the only
available bootable media is my sco boot CD
What should i do in order to correct the controller issue? Which commands and with what order to
type them?
Any help would be grateful
Thanks
Would you please create a new thread with your question in it, and also include the version of the OS and a brief description of the new hardware (cpu type, disk controller type, etc)
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The new drive uses the same disk controller driver as the old one, however...
There are two issues that you will have to deal with. The first is the CMOS settings for how SATA drives are to be treated. You must use legacy mode, so that the disk appears to be the primary master.
Secondly, the disk geometry is different for the new drive. Use the biosgeom(cyl,heads,sectors) boot string to tell the kernel that the drive has a different number of cylinders heads and sectors. Use the native mode numbers, not LBA or LARGE.
After you have booted, use the "dparam" command to permanently change these values.
You said that the cpu is a P3. Are you using a non standard SATA controller?