[SPARCbook] SPARCbook 2 SCSI port

[John Altstatt]

Ken Hansen wrote:
> 
> SCSI ID... I'll bet your CD-ROM is not set to ID 6...
> 
> Just a thought...
> 
> Ken
> n2vip at bellatlantic.net
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert D. Mohr" <robmohr at earthlink.net>
> To: <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 12:11 AM
> Subject: [SPARCbook] SPARCbook 2 SCSI port
> 
> > I am attempting to set up an external CDROM (Toshiba XM-5401B Sun
> bootable)
> > for use on my SPARCbook 2.  With the SCSI adapters and cables I had laying
> > around I was able to connect the two together, but the SPARCbook reports a
> > SCSI failure on boot up when the cables are connected.  I suspect that the
> > pinot of the SCSI port on the SPARCbook does not match the wiring of the
> > cables I have.  Is it wired "normal" or differential?
> >
> > Does anyone have a pin out diagram for the SPARCbook 2?  Or perhaps a
> wiring
> > diagram for a cable that is known to work?  As a last resort, could
> someone
> > point me to a vendor that supplies cables that will work with the
> SPARCbook?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your assistance,
> >
> > Rob Mohr
> >
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Rob;

Do a probe-scsi at the prom-monitor prompt to see what devices it thinks
are there.
The sparcbook is single-ended scsi, just like your sparc II. If you
can't
see the hard disk OR the cdrom, you've got some cable problems.

John Altstatt