Linux

Ask something
Discussion Locked

Formating drive c:\

0 helpful
7 replies

by zlitocook

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.
I never had to format a scsi redhat harddrive. How do I go about doing this? I tried using a Win95 boot disk and using the format c:\ /u but it says rive c not found. I know there is a simple way to do this but I have not found it yet. Drive c is there I can boot to it and use it. The CD redhat 7.1 does not have disk druid on it And I dont know if the ones listed on R/H.com will work.

7 replies

by alpha-male

Probably your system is not recognizing the scsi controller, so it won't see or work with the SCSI HD. Find the software to load your controller, watch it detect the drive, then take it from there for DOS/Windows.

With Redhat, you should be ableto boot from the CD Rom, specify your SCSI controller and follow the instructions from there.

RedHat has a pretty decent guide here:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.1-Manual/install-guide/

Chapter 4 deals with partitioning automatically or manually (fdisk)

Hope this helps....good luck.

by zlitocook

I watched the system boot up. It loads the scsi and sees the hard drive before it boots to the floppy. I did boot to the cdrom and tried upgrade and new install. But it hangs with a 623 error.

by rfiore

You can get the DOS utilities from the manufacturer of the SCSI card and build a boot disk using them. The Win 95 DOS does not have a driver for the SCSI card built in. Once you setup a boot disk with the driver on it (it will be loaded in config sys and will be at least 2 files: 1 for the system to see the SCSI card and 1 for for the OS to reconize the SCSI Hard Drive.

by zlitocook

I went to dell and started a problem log. A tech. from dell emailed me a link to down load the scsi doot disk. The server is scsi except for the floppy drive, which was bad and I replaced it.

by rfiore

Sure looks like you followed my recommendation in answer number 2 and contacted the vender, got the SCSI drivers and was then able to boot the system.

This discussion is closed to new replies.