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From: Gianluca Bonetti <gianluca.bonetti@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Does SRM care what IDE optical drive it sees?
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:41:13 +0100
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To: Bob Tracy <rct@gherkin.frus.com>
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2010/2/26 Bob Tracy <rct@gherkin.frus.com>:
> Situation: I've got a PWS 433au (Miata) on which I've been trying to =
do
> a "from scratch" install of Lenny. =C2=A0(See the gory details on
> debian-alpha). =C2=A0To make a long story short, I had reason to try =
and
> replace the existing CD-ROM drive with a CD-RW burner, and the Alpha
> refused to boot. =C2=A0I couldn't even get the power-up diagnostics t=
o run.
>
> I put the original CD-ROM drive back in the system (and removed the n=
ew
> one). =C2=A0Result: everything works correctly.
>
> Is SRM really that picky about the optical drive? =C2=A0Or did I simp=
ly
> install a defective drive (not likely, but I'll consider the
> possibility)?

Hello Bob.

VMS is very picky about CDROM drives, only a few works.
About Debian GNU/Linux and also NetBSD, I could say you that any CDROM
drive I have usually works good.

Bye
gl
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