SamuelVange@gmail.com wrote:
> I've been trying to install Solaris 10 on my PC for a week now, the
> steps I took were:
> -Download and burn Solaris 10 (x86)
> -Partition drive as follows, 200MB (boot part. FAT32), 10GB (Solaris
> part. tried unformated, ext 2/3, and FAT32), then my windows partition.
> -Boot from CD
>
> The problem I run into is, when the installation starts trying to copy
> files to my hard drive, It reports that it can not find a hard drive.
> I accidently left my USB floppy drive in once, and it started copying
> files to a floppy, but it wont detect my hard drive. I've checked
> /dev/dsk, and it only finds c0 (and c1 when the floppy drive was in),
> I've tried the format utility, and it just reports that it could not
> find any drives.
>
> my hard drive is:
> ST910021 A SCSI Disk Device
>
> Please help!!

Could it be that your SCSI disk controller is whats not recognized.
Does the PC has a SCSI chip on the motherboard or is it a PCI board ?
What SCSI chipset ist it ?

This is the list with disk controllers known to work.

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data...lts.page1.html

//Lars