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

[Stephen Ware]

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:12:05 -0400, "Tom \"spot\" Callaway" wrote:
>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

I have tried booting with ide=nodma, but I got the same error.  Also,
I'm not sure what a VT is... sorry... I'm new to this!