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Sco Unix Backup Restore from SCSI to IDE HDD

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Did everybody know how to change SCSI harddisk into IDE one if using SCO-UNIX?which part should i reconfig at the system, because the name of device is not same: sdSOMETHING become hdSOMETHING.help me please..

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yes actually i hate it too..but i have a little smile now :)coz.. i can run it with other PC with still use scsi disk. not ide.there was always unabe to boot even i untar from tape backup from original system. and even it run with original PC. the sector always change in other PC. now, i force it with "dparam". bingo!

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yes actually i hate it too..

but i have a little smile now  :(

coz.. i can run it with other PC with still use scsi disk. not ide.

there was always unabe to boot even i untar from tape backup from original system. and even it run with original PC. the sector always change in other PC. now, i force it with "dparam". bingo!

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Well, it is a Unix, right? So why don't you just

 

dmesg

 

and see what comes. Or even dmesg | grep hd

 

Also try the equivalent of fdisk -l (minus el)

 

That sould help you to figure out the name of the new device. Partition it, format it, mount it and that's it.

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