[rescue] on the subject of the 4D/xx...

[Flinthoof Ponypal]

At 05:08 PM 7/10/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Is there something these machines need in the way of bytes/sector or
>otherwise in order to boot from a CDROM drive? I have a Sun-branded ROM
>drive in a 411 box that works fine on all of my SPARC boxes (of course),
>but the SGI hates it. Both the PROM and IRIX complain loudly. I have
>another similar (2x, caddy-loaded) drive that I've brought home from work
>that is equally liked by both my Sun and SGI machines.

Early SUNs and SGI machines require a 512 byte mode CD-ROM.  Today's
CD-ROM's won't work.  You can typically find a SCSI 512 byte mode drive on
Ebay for $20-$30.  Starting with the Indigo, they could use normal drives.
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