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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=366220812-06022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I have a Dell Server SC1600Sc with two SCSI drives 80 gigs
each (as RAID configured)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=366220812-06022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I have added a WD 2000 (200gig Eide HD) and set it as Cable
Select. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=366220812-06022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>In WebAdmin, It looks at the Drives as SCSI A (75gig) and
SCSI B (185gig) un partitioned.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=366220812-06022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Is this the way it suppose to be. Why is the system looking
at the Eide as a SCSI.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=366220812-06022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Why cant I see it as the third drive or is the RAID drive
look as one?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=366220812-06022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=366220812-06022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Please assist</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=366220812-06022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>thanks</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=366220812-06022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>James</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org
[mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Adil Kodian<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Friday, February 04, 2005 10:09 PM<BR><B>To:</B> tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org<BR><B>Subject:</B>
RE: [TLUG]: WD200 200gig HD for Dell Server<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Do you
have two SCSI RAID drives that are pre-existing ? Are you adding this hard drive
on the primary or secondary bus ? Are you adding it as master or slave
?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>prim
master is /dev/hda slave /dev/hdb and so on.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>now
the RAID, do you have hardware RAID or software RAID ? Does RAID card
information show when it boots up ? (im assuming you have hardware RAID if you
dint set it up when installing RH9)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>A
simple technique is to put in the hard drive (after you move the jumpers to
'cable select') then let linux boot up. login as root and
use</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>fdisk
/dev/hdX (where X is a,b,c,d depending on where this hd is on the IDE
bus)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>in the
fdisk screen press m for more information. create a new partition, making it a
primary partition and when you see the partition press 'w' to write the
partition back to the new disk.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>once
the partition is created, you need to 'format' it mkfs.reiserfs /dev/hdX1 should
format that section as a reiserfs partition. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>then
you need to mount this (not the otherway around as you mention). make a new
folder wherever you want space - like for eg
/home/extra-storage</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>mount
/dev/hdX1 /home/extra-storage</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>and
thats all. you can now access your new disk</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=656000003-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org
[mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>James Mendez<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Friday, February 04, 2005 7:00 PM<BR><B>To:</B> tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org<BR><B>Subject:</B>
RE: [TLUG]: WD200 200gig HD for Dell Server<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365005701-05022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Hello Adil</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365005701-05022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I should have been more specific.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365005701-05022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I have a 200gig Western Digital (EDIE?) that I want to
physically install in to the Dell Server.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365005701-05022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Thats the easy part.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365005701-05022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The hard part is what do at the install
level.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365005701-05022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I already have 2 Raid drives and I want this for more
space.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365005701-05022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>After Installing, I start up the system. In the
configuration this is where I get lost.....</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365005701-05022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>thanks</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=365005701-05022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>James</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org
[mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Adil Kodian<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Friday, February 04, 2005 7:54 PM<BR><B>To:</B> tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org<BR><B>Subject:</B>
RE: [TLUG]: WD200 200gig HD for Dell Server<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406395000-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>by
backup if you mean hw raid - then yeah - you have to set stuff up prior to
boot using bios.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406395000-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>software raid, or even manual rsync like backup mechanisms dont need
much change. If your drive is recognized by bios then youre pretty much
guaranteed that it will work with linux. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406395000-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406395000-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If
its a PATA drive then it will simply appear as /dev/hda,b,c,d as the case may
be. you can then login as root, use fdisk to create partitions, use mkfs to
create a file system, use mount to mount it and then you can add the entry to
fstab for auto-mount. SATA or SCSI drives will simply be /dev/sda,b,c,d. SCSI
drives may require you to do more- but i guess youre not looking at SCSI
because you mentioned that it is a 200G hard drive. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=406395000-05022005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org
[mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>James Mendez<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Friday, February 04, 2005 5:35 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [TLUG]: WD200 200gig HD for Dell
Server<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=365183000-05022005>Hello
there</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=365183000-05022005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=365183000-05022005>I am looking for
advise to install this drive as a backup unit to a Dell Poweredge 1600SC
server.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=365183000-05022005>The server runs
on Redhat linux 9.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=365183000-05022005>I am looking for
help on the following:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=365183000-05022005>The drive is
brand new in a sealed case.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=365183000-05022005>When I attach
the drive, Do I have to set up the configuration setup before Linux
runs</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=365183000-05022005>Will I have to
Mount the drive and format it</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=365183000-05022005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=365183000-05022005>thanks</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=365183000-05022005>James</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>