From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailserv2.iuinc.com (qmailr@mailserv2.iuinc.com [206.245.164.55]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id TAA30181 for ; Tue, 28 Dec 1999 19:49:52 -0700 Message-ID: <3869778A.8755BE63@storm.ca> Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 21:52:58 -0500 From: Sandy Harris MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Soto, Gene G." CC: parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] cd-rom References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii List-ID: "Soto, Gene G." wrote: > > I need to load 10.02 and am having problems mounting a NEC cdr-1410a cd-rom > on my system (9000/712). Any advice on where to go for help would be > appreciated. (SAM sees the device but I can't mount it). Quite a few workstations seem to be picky about CD-ROM drives, especially for booting and installing the OS. For Suns, the issue is sector size. PC CDs want to use 512 and Sun wants 2K or vice versa. I forget which way around it is. Some drives work on Sun, some need a jumper change to work, some just don't. A friend trying to install HP-UX on a 712 recently succeeded with the fifth drive he tried. All drives worked fine on other systems. After the install, he tried using a couple of the failed ones on the HP, and that worked too. I'd suggest trying a different drive.