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01-16-2008, 11:55 AM
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 How do I change the Volume Label on hard drive? I recently purchased a SCA Hard drive for my Ultra 60. Using the "format" command, the drive shows up as an SGI drive in the volume label. If I use the "inquiry" command in format, the Vendor says SGI. How can I change this label to "SUN"? Phil http://salientconsulting.net ppacheco@sbcglobal.net      |
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01-16-2008, 11:55 AM
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| Re: How do I change the Volume Label on hard drive? On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Phillip Pacheco wrote: > I recently purchased a SCA Hard drive for my Ultra 60. Using the > "format" command, the drive shows up as an SGI drive in the volume > label. If I use the "inquiry" command in format, the Vendor says SGI. > How can I change this label to "SUN"? I don't think you can - nor would it be ethical, as you'd be trying to pass up SGI drives as Sun drives. You can set a volume name, though, by using the volname command (I think; it's been a while). -- Rich Teer, SCNA, SCSA President, Rite Online Inc. Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 URL: http://www.rite-online.net |
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01-16-2008, 11:55 AM
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| Re: How do I change the Volume Label on hard drive? Phillip Pacheco <ppacheco@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I recently purchased a SCA Hard drive for my Ultra 60. Using the > "format" command, the drive shows up as an SGI drive in the volume > label. If I use the "inquiry" command in format, the Vendor says SGI. > How can I change this label to "SUN"? You can't. These details relate to the firmware on the drive. You've got SGI firmware, so it's an SGI drive. (And no, you can't install Sun firmware on an SGI drive) Scott. |
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01-16-2008, 11:59 AM
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| Re: How do I change the Volume Label on hard drive? On 31 Jan 2004, Scott Howard wrote: > Phillip Pacheco <ppacheco@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > I recently purchased a SCA Hard drive for my Ultra 60. Using the > > "format" command, the drive shows up as an SGI drive in the volume > > label. If I use the "inquiry" command in format, the Vendor says SGI. > > How can I change this label to "SUN"? > > You can't. These details relate to the firmware on the drive. You've got > SGI firmware, so it's an SGI drive. (And no, you can't install Sun > firmware on an SGI drive) Is this true, that disks supplied to OEM vendors by disk manufacturers have customised firmware? In my own experience (admittedly, this is mainly with DEC/Compaq Alpha kit) generic SCSI devices can be fitted to just about anything and work well in them. With Suns, power supply capacity and cooling issues seem to mean that certain devices are "not supported" in certain hardware environments (eg, 10K RPM disks in Sparc 4's for example), although it doesn't mean it won't work (at least for a while until it overheats). Andy |
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01-16-2008, 11:59 AM
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| Re: How do I change the Volume Label on hard drive? On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, andy thomas wrote: > In my own experience (admittedly, this is mainly with DEC/Compaq Alpha > kit) generic SCSI devices can be fitted to just about anything and work > well in them. With Suns, power supply capacity and cooling issues seem The generic disks will fit and work, but they still won't have Sun's firmware. -- Rich Teer, SCNA, SCSA President, Rite Online Inc. Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 URL: http://www.rite-online.net |
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01-16-2008, 12:03 PM
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| Re: How do I change the Volume Label on hard drive? > + On 10-Feb-04 18:35:36 +andy thomas <andy@ic.ac.uk> wrote >> You can't. These details relate to the firmware on the drive. You've got >> SGI firmware, so it's an SGI drive. (And no, you can't install Sun >> firmware on an SGI drive) >Is this true, that disks supplied to OEM vendors by disk manufacturers >have customised firmware? Yes, either customized (common with older SCSI based RAID systems for example) or just "branded", most SCSI-disks originally fitted to servers or workstations just have the name in the firmware changed. >In my own experience (admittedly, this is mainly with DEC/Compaq Alpha >kit) generic SCSI devices can be fitted to just about anything and work >well in them. With Suns, power supply capacity and cooling issues seem Yes, I have disks that says "Compaq" in the firmware in both my SGI Indy and some Sun machines.. >to mean that certain devices are "not supported" in certain hardware >environments (eg, 10K RPM disks in Sparc 4's for example), although it >doesn't mean it won't work (at least for a while until it overheats). Exactly.. |
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