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Configuring for a Hard Disk Driv
e
Hard disk drive upgrades can b e installed to accommodate lo cal le systems
and swap space on your workstation.
Software Installation of the Hard Disk Driv
e Upgrade
After hardware installation has b een completed (see the
Instal lation Guide
for
this device), you'll need to ensure that y
our op erating system is prepared to
exchange data with the device. This section pro
vides instructions for manually
conguring HP-UX to communicate with hard disk driv
e upgrades, in order to
use the disks for mass storage and/or swap space. Note that your HP disk is
pre-formatted.
Caution
Although the device is well-protected from physical sho ck when
installed in the workstation, it is very easily damaged when
separate. Avoid dropping or striking a device.
The factory-set SCSI bus address for the disk driv
e:
For an upgrade disk drive: SCSI bus address:
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This SCSI address assumes usage of the disk as
root
. Although the
conguration jumpers in the back of the drive are factory-installed and should
not require reconguring, it is possible that the SCSI bus address jump ers for
an upgrade may b e shipp ed with dierent settings. Therefore, please see the
Instal lation Guide
for the drive for the procedure for resetting jumpers, should
it b e necessary.
The following list outlines the software pro cedures you'll nd in this section for
installing the hard disk drive as a le system disk:
Verify that you haveanunused device le with the correct select co de and
bus address for your device. (Use SAM or the script in \Finding the Status
of Existing SCSI Bus Addresses").
Use SAM to:
Install a disk on HP-UX.
Build a le system on the disk (done automatically by SAM).
Mount the disk so that you can access it as a le system.
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