Installing Solaris 10 & Maxtor OneTouch II 300GB

Hi.
Anybody please help. I need to find out if Solaris 10 will take care of finding this external Hard Drive.
I am using USB to connect IBM xSeries 335 Intel�� Xeon�� Processor to Maxtor OneTouch II 300GB USB 2.0 connection and Installing Solaris 10.
I need the Information ASAP.

You should see the drive listed in "iostat -En" output.
"vold" should mount it automatically for you, if the drive contains a Solaris
supported filesystem. AFAIR, the Maxtors come preformatted with a PCFS
filesystem (DOS FAT32 filesystem). "vold" mount the device under
/rmdisk/....
See also the Solaris USB FAQ:
http://www.sun.com/io_technologies/USB-Faq.html

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Are these the steps I should take to format, partition, & properly install Panther on the external FW Drive?
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2. Once booted go to the Installer Menu and open Disk Utility from Panther.
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4. Be sure Volume Format is Mac OS Extended and the checkbox Mac OS 9 Drivers Installed is checked.
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12. Open Disk Utility (Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility) and Repair Permissions.
13. Go online and download updates, or go to Software Update under the Apple Menu and update your OS.
14.???Transfer your User Folder from Previous Systems folder. I don’t see a User Folder in my present System Folder of OS9.2.2.
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16. Copy or Clone to the OS 9 partition my existing internal hard drive.
I hope all that is left is to enjoy.
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Thank you for the correction and encouragement. I have changed the erase step to partition. This will be my first experience with partitioning and with OSX. After three weeks of research and discussion I am excited about using OSX and probably will change my strategy to doubling my internal HDD to 20MB, increase RAM to 512MB and install the Panther on the internal drive. If this is my goal, which OS should be put on the external FW drive first, if I want to boot OS 9 from the eFWd instead of the internal? I don’t know if Panther will open archived files produced with OS9 applications? That being the only need to have a working version of OS9. Thanks again for all the help from the discussion groups.
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Hi.
Anybody please help. I need to find out if Solaris 10 will take care of finding this external Hard Drive.
I am using USB to connect IBM xSeries 335 Intel�� Xeon�� Processor to Maxtor OneTouch II 300GB USB 2.0 connection and Installing Solaris 10.
I need the Information ASAP.

I realize this forum's name is <i>Storage</i>, but unfortunately, it's not the correct forum for your question. We generally try to keep the discussions focussed in on the Sun SPARC arena.
Successfully mounting a USB storage device is a part of the OS, so you'd be better off searching through the Solaris on x86 forum in the OS group.
Indeed, I think that drive has already been briefly discussed over there.

Back up strategy with Maxtor OneTouch II

I just bought Maxtor OneTouch II 300GB. I need help with the backup strategy with or without Retrospect. The external Maxtor should be used for storage and backup.
My questions, since the instructions and Help in Retrospect are confusing:
When I want to first backup the entire startup disk can I simply drag it to Maxtor on the Desktop or should I use Retrospect?
In Retrospect, should I use "Removable Disk" or "File"?
How long does it take with Maxtor FW 800 ? I've got 70GB startup disk to copy. Is it hours?
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Milan

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I have a Maxtor OneTouch III that is currently formatted for windows. I've heard that you can get NTFS for mac and then it will work? I would reformat it but I have 300gb of files on it and I have no way of backing them up. Is there a way to access the hard drive without erasing everything?

I've installed MacFuse but I can't really figure out how that helps. I plug in the hard drive and it says "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer." What should I do? I can't find a MacFuse control panel or anything.
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Espontaneous reboot trying to install solaris 8 on Pentium IV

I been having problems trying to install Solaris 8 for x86 platforms (2002 February edition) on an Intel Pentium IV system. This is the system spec:
Pentium IV 1.7 GHz
Intel Board D850 MV
512 RAM BUS (RIMM)
Maxtor 40 Gb two primary partitions
CD-ROM: Asus 52x
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Determing bus types and gathering hardware configuration data
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ACPI device: PNP0C01
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Sun OS Release 5.8 Version Generic 32-bit
Copyright ......
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rp=FEC12994 addr=0
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eip(fe(80F346), eflags(10093), ebo(fec12a08), uesp(fe808ee4)
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fec12980 unix: trap+290()
fec12994 unix: _cmntrap+97 (e0c20160, e0d60160, 3)
fec12a08 unix: wrmsr+d()
fec12add unix: startup+98f()
fec12aec unix: genunix: main+a()
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kadb[0]:
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thanks a lot.
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SunOs Release ��..
Copyright �� All rights reserved.
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SunOS Release 5.8 Version Generic_108528-01 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved
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SunOS Release 5.8 Version Generic_108528-01 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Solaris 10, Format and Mount 300GB and 36GB hard disk.

Hi,
I have some help to Install Solaris on x86, format and mount 300GB and 36GB hard disk.
I tried to install Sun Solaris 10 and FAILED to format.
I have an Intel�� Xeon�� Processor and a 300GB and 36GB hard disk.
I appreciate all the help!!!!!
-John

Hi Jon,
I saw something similar on SPARC when people used s2 (entire disk on non EFI disks) as ASM devices. The workaround we use is to create a new partition, and start it at cylinder 1. This protects the disk label from being overwritten by ASM.
mel

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Without any more information than you've provided I'd suggest reformatting the drive:
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Maxtor OneTouch III cannot disable password (security settings)

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It was a back up before and was connected with my iMac G4 running Tiger.
Now the iMac Intel shows the Maxtor, but everytime the iMac shuts down and get started again, the system ask for my password.
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(here under the posted message from before)
Re: MLeopard and MAXTOR one Touch III 350Gb external Hardisk
Posted: Jan 19, 2008 10:53 AM
So here's what you do if you're drive is password protected, and you just upgraded to Leopard and your Mac isn't finding your drive:
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There's Google as well with this first hit:
Blog Quote:" If, like me, you upgraded your Powerbook to Mac OS X "Tiger" only to find it crashing every time you plugged in your Maxtor OneTouch firewire disk, fear not. The solution turns out to be quite simple.
If you have the following kernel extensions in your /System/Library/Extensions/ folder, then move them out to the desktop and reboot:
IOFireWireMxBt.kext
MaxtorPowSecDriver.kext
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I am getting the following problem after the installation of Solaris 10 on a sunfire v440.Can someone please help me out.I am not sure about the cause of the error output because i am still a junior solaris admin.
Please help me fix this problem.Any Ideas are welcome.
============================================================
Sun Fire V440, No Keyboard
Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.17.2, 8192 MB memory installed, Serial #63181061.
Ethernet address 0:3:ba:c4:11:5, Host ID: 83c41105.
Boot device: disk File and args:
WARNING: cannot open system file: etc/system
SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_118833-33 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
ERROR: Last Trap: Fast Instruction Access MMU Miss
Error -256
Evaluating:
Tried to access instance-specific data with no current instance
ERROR: Last Trap: Fast Instruction Access MMU Miss
Evaluating:
Error -256
Stack Underflow
========================================================
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I'm getting an error while installing Solaris 10 in an Ultra 10 box.
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rebooting with CD command boot cdrom
boot device : /pci@1f, 0/pci@1 , 1/idi@3/cdrom@2 ,0:f file and args
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hi everyone
here is how I fixed my dual boot & internet connectivity failure problems. I'm explaining in detail to help any Solaris newbie (like me) having same problems: ( as I didn't find any REAL Help thru Sun Help Documents / Pages )
My special thanx to " Phil Brown " ( who helped me alott on this )
First to get rid of Dell's Diagnostic Partition & System Recovery Partition I re-installed Windows XP Media Center Edition & at installation I made 4 Partitions of my Dell 9150 ( x86 Intel Pentium Dual Core ) 238 GB Hard Drive.
(1) C: 100 GB for Windows XP ( NTFS )
(2) D: 80 GB for Solaris 10 ( RAW )
(3) E: 50 GB for Linux ( RAW , which I haven't installed yet )
(4) F: 6 GB (RAW)
(5) G: 2 GB Un-Allocated Space
Restarted PC after Win XP installation & installed Partition Magic 8 . In PM8 I formatted Solaris partition as FAT 32 (at Solaris installation it changed to Solaris format) & Linux as Linux EXT 3 . Rebooted the PC. I Started Solaris 10 11/06 installation from the DVD I burned from Sun downloads.
Here's how I installed Solaris 10 11/06 :
(1) On the next screen after "Loading Stage 2 ... " I selected " Solaris "
(2) Selected " Solaris Interactive (default) installation
(3) Hit "enter" to accept proposed Windows configuration screen it displayed
(4) Selected 0 = English as language (you need to take cursor into white window so you can type 0 into it, otherwise u can't)
(5) hit NEXT
(6) Selected "Networked" option
(7) Selected YES to "Use DHCP for e1000g0 ( Intel Pro/1000 Network Adapter )
(8) Selected NO to "enable IPv6"
(9) Selected NO to "enable Kerberos"
(10) Selected DNS as "Name Service"
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(12) Server's IP address : 192.5.5.241 ( you can choose the one that closest to you by visiting http://www.isc.org/index.pl?/ops/f-root/ )
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(14) Geographic Continent / Country / Region: Americas > U. S. > time zone
(15) hit NEXT on Date & Time Screen
(16) Entered password twice
(17) Selected YES to "enable Remote Services"
(18) hit CONFIRM
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(20) Selected NO to " Reboot Automatically " and YES to eject additional CD/DVDs
(21) Clicked OK on NOTICE
(22) Specified CD/DVD as " Media from which you installing Solaris "
(23) Check ACCEPT & hit next
(24) Selected "initial install" & hit next
(25) I choose "Custom Install" > NEXT > North America > and checked both, " English ( U S ) ( en_us) & English ( U S, UTF-8) (en_us.UTF-8) and hit next
(26) Selected English (US, UTF-8) as initial locale > NEXT
(27) Selected " Solaris 10 Extra Value Software " > NEXT
(28) Selected NONE to " Web Start Ready Product Scan Location " > NEXT
(29) Selected " Entire Group - Default Packages " in Solaris software group screen > NEXT
(30) Selected " c1do(bootdisk) " > NEXT
(31) " c1d0 " Selected > NEXT
(32) There was a Warning: " A Linux fdisk partition was found on this disk (c1d0), which is the default bootdisk. Having a linux fdisk partition on the same disk as a Solaris fdisk partiton is not supported. Do you want to load the default Lay out ? I choose NO
(33) It displayed 4 partitions. 1st: " Unknown " 100GB , 2nd: FAT32LBA, this I changed to Solaris by clicking on partition, size 80GB . 3rd: Linux 50GB , 4th: DOSEXTLBA 8GB , hit NEXT
(34) I choose NO to " Preserve Data Warning " (the 80GB partition)
(35) Displayed " Lay Out File Systems " screen, c1d0 was highlighted. > NEXT
(36) On " Ready to Install Screen " it displayed Fdisk partitions: 1st: Unknown "Preserved" , 2nd: FAT32LBA delete, & Solaris add, 3rd: Linux "Preserved" , 4th: DOSEXTLBA "Preserved" >>> hit " Install Now "
(37) When installation finishes hit " Reboot " & when PC was restarting I ejected DVD manually
(38) After re-start it displayed 3 options: 1st: Solaris 10 , 2nd: Solaris failsafe , 3rd: Windows , ENTER on Solaris 10
(39) At sign-in screen, I signed in as, user name: " root " & enterd password (which I typed at installation)
(40) I choose JAVA Desktop System
When it was fully up, the Internet was working right away. Restarted again to check Windows. Selected " Windows " at reboot screen & Windows was working just fine.
It took me few allnighters to figure these out, I hope these will helpful to Solaris newbies like me. Still I can't figure out ... How to install any software (obviously designed for Solaris 10 (x86) ) onto Solaris, but thats a different issue.
- Jags Desai

"A Linux fdisk partition was found on this disk (c1d0), which is the default bootdisk. Having a Linux fdisk partition is not supported"
It might not be supported, but it works fine for me on my thinkpad :-) .
redhat/solaris/xp.
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solaris 'slices within partitions'. You need to get Solaris to install
grub itself (in fact, you can't stop it doing so, which is rather unfair),
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(== grub.conf) to get it to pick up fedora & xp. Chainloading xp worked
fine for me. Chainloading RHEL4/5 doesn't, so I had to cat the grub.conf
from red hat on to the end of solaris's menu.lst. Stick red hat's grub.conf
on a USB pen or just write it down before putting Solaris on, otherwise you'll
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How to Install Solaris for Intel so that it boots off from a boot floppy?

Hi all,
Sorry to bother you with this one (I went through all documentations/manuals and could not find straight answers to following
specific questions):
I have one hard drive with 1st partition used by Windows XP and a second partition that's a blank FAT 32 (using Partition Magic)
I want to use for Solaris for Intel.
My very specific questions:
(1)That blank Fat32 partition: can I run the Solaris install over it ..or should I absolutely make sure that it's a blank UFS formatted
partition? I am asking you that because all manuals (except one) pretend that I can run my Solaris install on a blank Fat partition...
but I believe that documentation at multiboot.solaris-x86.org stresses that if the partition is not a blank UFS one, it wont install Solaris
(2)As you already know, some Oses like Linux or FreeBSD can be installed on a partition and be booted off a boot floppy.
So without that boot floppy, no trace of the OS. How can I do that with Solaris for Intel. I want my Solaris to boot off a boot floppy only.
BTW, I currently have Solaris 7 for Intel.
Thanks for the answers.

(1)That blank Fat32 partition: can I run the Solaris install over it ..or should I absolutely make sure that it's a blank UFS formatted You can install Solaris to that blank FAT32 drive but Solaris WILL convert it to UFS BEFORE doing the install. In other words, after the install it will be UFS and not FAT32 anymore.
So without that boot floppy, no trace of the OS. How can I do that with Solaris for Intel. I want my Solaris to boot off a boot floppy only.Not that I know of. Some people have reported booting Solaris off of a USB drive though.
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