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Installing and Configuring Mass Storage Devices
Configuring for a Hard Disk Drive
You will be given an information screen suggesting things to try if the device
still cannot be found. If this is the case, you will need to consult the manual
Peripheral Installation Guide.
After you choose the device, you will see a form giving three tasks:
1
Select a Disk to Add
. (You have already done this).
2
Set Disk Usage and Options
.
3
Modify Defaults
.... (This task is optional).
Choose:
Set Disk Usage and Options
.
1 On the form which appears, select how you want to use the disk (“File
System”, or other usage).
2 Click on OK when you have finished with this form.
3 A “Messages” Box appears, reporting the progress of the task. When the
task is finished, click on
OK
.
4 Exit SAM. (SAM copies your original /etc/checklist to /etc/check-
list.old).
Testing Your Installation
A simple test to make certain that the drive has been installed correctly
(whether it is mounted or not) is to execute the command
diskinfo
, using
the appropriate character device file name as the argument. For example:
diskinfo /dev/rdsk/c201d5s0
If the disk is installed correctly, diskinfo will display a listing of information
about it, such as the following: