[SunRescue] SPARCstation 2

[Mike Nicewonger]

Is it a Sony drive made for Sun? i.e. is it in a Sun external housing? if
not Sun it may not be compatible.

--Mike N
-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Ridley <n.ridley at sacbh.com.au>
To: 'rescue at sunhelp.org' <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Date: Sunday, February 13, 2000 7:36 PM
Subject: RE: [SunRescue] SPARCstation 2


>It's an external in a SUN case and scsi-probe says "it's a Sony" It has two
>scsi ports
>on the rear, one has a terminator, the other - connected to the
workstation.
>
>That's about the detail I can provide at present as I am at work not near
>the
>device.
>I will need to compare with the FAQ that it is compatible however I would
>have expected it to be so as it is aesthetically designed exactly as the
>SPARCstation itself.
>
>Regards
>
>Neil Ridley
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Khoury [mailto:pkhoury3 at earthlink.net]
>Sent: 14 02 2000 09:52
>To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>Subject: Re: [SunRescue] SPARCstation 2
>
>
>At 03:05 PM 2/13/00 -0800, you wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> It may be that this CD isn't bootable, any other idea's?
>>>
>>
>>That may in fact be the case. See http://saturn.tlug.org/suncdfaq/ if you
>have
>>one that is sun bootable.
>
>What kind of CD-ROM are you using?  I bought a 4X Plextor (wow, it's been
>almost 2 years
>I've had it) on eBay because you can change it to 512 byte blocks.
>I know there's a hack for some Toshiba 3301's (which I have several of),
>but I haven't
>been successful (or really taken the time to try it).
>I think some Sony drives will work, namely the Apple CD-ROM 300 (I think,
>it's been
>a while since I read the CD-ROM FAQ).
>
>You should check out the CD-ROM, Solaris, and Sun hardware list.
>It was pretty helpful to me.
>
>Regards,
>
>Paul
>
>
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