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Adding hard disks

Writing a new masterboot block

To change the disk geometry defined on the masterboot block of the root disk:

  1. Put the system in single-user maintenance mode.

  2. Enter the following command to write a new masterboot block to the root disk:

    /bin/dparam -w /dev/rhd00

  3. Overwrite the root disk geometry information in the masterboot block with the values expected by the device driver:

    /bin/dparam /dev/rhd00 `/bin/dparam /dev/rhd00`

  4. Reboot the system using the command:

    /etc/reboot


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SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 -- 11 February 2003