[SPARCbook] 3000XT PCMCIA cdrom problem

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Jason King wrote:
> 
> I hope someone will throw a new bone for me to try with this problem being I
> have manually looked through almost all posting's to this list from end to
> start (1997? wow).  I am can't seem to get my sparcbook to see a Panasonic
> KXL-D740 pcmcia cdrom.  I bought the machine from a "pc" shop (as is) and
> promised that if I ever got passed the password then I would wipe the
> machine.  25 minutes out of the shipping box (20 to warm up) and the
> password was changed.  *Note* only set root password the same as host name
How did you do that without cdrom. I did the same with my last "new"
used workstation
but then i booted from the install cd stopped the isntallation to root
shell and edited
the shadow file. Solaris was most helpful with this "hack' even the
graphical textedit was included with the installation root shell. No vi
- no pain ;-)

>         Next step, I obtained the working cdrom drive as the machine did not come
> with one.  The machine came with a "Release Notes" pamphlet  for Solaris 2.6
> from Tadpole which mentioned this exact cdrom drive so it seems like a no
> brianer. 
Did your "Release notes" mention anything about any Wavelan wireless
cards being supported?

 Wrong.  I tried "boot cdrom" and got "can't open boot device".  I
> tried changing the "time-out parameter" as instructed in the book but still
> "can't open boot media".  I know that the scsi id is set to "6", and I have
> tried it in both slots.  I didn't want to post anything if I could find a
> answer and everything that I have found so far seems to work specifically
> for connecting scsi cdrom's and not pcmcia cd-roms.  Any help would be
> appreciated, thanks!
>

Can it have anything to do with that 512byte sector thing for booting
older Solaris CDs
(see the CD faq) On my plextor there is a jumper to change between 2048
and 512 byte
sectors (or wahtever the other sizes are the important thing is it needs
to be 512 for booting Solaris).The Plextor works fine in the SB BTW.

If the cdrom is supported by Sparcbook on Soalaris 2.6 I imagine it must
have this option if you
can figure out how to change it. If the drive was previously used on a
pc it should be set the other way though. 

I guess you have determined the SCSI is working by probe-scsi at the
open boot prompt. So you
know the drive is attached ok. And termination you have checked 25 times
I guess :-)

Just a thought..
Peter


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