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Basic hardware configuration

SCSI peripheral bootstrings

SCSI device bootstrings allow you to install the SCO OpenServer system from a device connected to the system at a SCSI address other than the default. For example, you should use the Stp bootstring during installation if your tape drive is configured at a SCSI ID that is not currently allowed as a boot device by the installation kernel.

The syntax for SCSI bootstrings is:

periph=adapter(hanum,[bus,]id,lun)

where:


periph
is the SCSI peripheral driver name:

Sdsk
hard disk drive

Sflp
floppy disk drive

Srom
CD-ROM drive

Stp
tape drive

adapter
is the host adapter driver prefix

hanum
is the host adapter number: 0-7

bus
is the number of the bus on a dual or multichannel host adapter: 0 for the primary, 1 for the secondary, and so on. This field is optional. The default value is 0 which is suitable for single bus adapters.

id
is the peripheral's SCSI id: 0-7 on SCSI 1 bus, 0-15 on 16-bit-wide SCSI 2 bus

lun
is the peripheral's SCSI logical unit number (LUN): 0-7

Valid host adapter driver prefixes are defined in the file /etc/default/scsihas.

For example, to define a SCSI tape device connected to the first Future Domain adapter at id 4, lun 0, use the following bootstring:

Stp=fdha(0,4,0)


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SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 -- 11 February 2003