[Aurora-sparc-user] Support for a Seagate Metalist 9140 harddrive?

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On Mon, 2007-10-22 at 11:46 -0500, Stephen Ware wrote:
> Greetings again Aurora group.  I hope it's not bad form to ask so many
> question in a row, but I was so encouraged by your speedy response to
> my last question that I can't help it!
> 
> Context: I'm trying to build a Linux cluster out of some old Sun Ultra
> 10's using Aurora.  Unfortunately, some of the hard drives in the
> machines do not seem to be supported.  On about five of the machines,
> before the graphical installer launches, I am told that the computer
> does not have a recognizable harddrive and that I will need to select
> one manually.  The computers in question have Seagate Metalist 9140
> drives... ATA I believe.  I have looked online for drivers and asked
> about them LinuxQuestions.org, but have had no luck.  I assume these
> disks were fairly standard hardware, since these computers have never
> been upgraded to my knowledge.  Does anyone know where I can get
> drivers or otherwise fix this problem?

Hmm. Those drives should work fine, I wonder if OpenBoot doesn't like
them for some reason.

Keep in mind that on an Ultra 10, you need to boot the installer with
ide=nodma.

Are there any errors on the other VTs? Maybe, if we're lucky, the kernel
is trying to tell us something about those drives.

~spot