I need help with installing a new hard drive for my Sun ultra 450 workgroup server. A step by step of commands and actions to be taken would be appreciated.

# init 0 (to get to OK prompt) add disk OK> boot -r # format select disk and partition it as you desire # newfs /dev/dsk/cXtXdXsX where X is the real value # mkdir /mount/point # mount /dev/dsk/cXtXdXsX /mount/point Add the info to /etc/vfstab if desired. Follow the examples there You will need to run newfs for all the new slices you create and you can get away with not shutting down if you're brave but I wouldn't recommend it for a novice

U can add disk using hotplugging. Hotplugging of targets on a SCSI bus is the ability to add, remove, and swap SCSI targets while the system is up and running. The main advantage is that we can replace faulty drives without having to bring the system to a halt and then perform a reboot. It also means that new drives can be added to an almost full system without having to reboot. Now, to add a disk while the system is up and running, pls follow these simple steps: If you are running, Solaris <= 7 Generate /devices structure - by running /usr/sbin/drvconfig Generate /dev structure - by running /usr/sbin/devlinks Generate /dev/dsk and /dev/rdsk links - by running /usr/sbin/disks For Solaris 8, one command does everything for you. Generate /devices, /dev, /dev/dsk, /dev/rdsk links - run /usr/sbin/devfsadm In HP also, the process is fairly simple.. ioscan -fn insf -e Hope this helps..