[Sunhelp] CD-ROM Help

[Wendell Melrose]

Date: 07-June-1999
< Bill Hatcher wrote "can't access the cdrom on a SS2">

You didn't say what the SS2  openboot prom revision is... or what  Sun
software you are using... SunOS or Solaris 2.x 
"boot -r v"  will boot and reconfigure Solaris 2.x to add software
support for the cdrom.
...you should be able to do a "probe-scsi-all" at the "OK" prompt  and see
if the  cdrom is showing up on the scsi bus.  
The target # for the cdrom is usually sd6.  Tape units  are usually  target
4 & 5. The boot disk is usually target 3.  Can you boot the SunOS or Solaris
cd  from the cdrom?   Later versions of the openboot prom allow you to
simply enter  " boot cdrom".   Older versions require you to  "b sd(0,6,2)
return..    to get the "ok" prompt.. type  "n" at the ">" prompt
Other openboot prom commands... printenv   ie.  show  
setup parameters..
It doesn't matter which connector the scsi terminator goes on..
Have fun!
wendell_melrose at anadarko.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	William C. Hatcher [SMTP:wchatche at wa60504.tstc.edu]
> Sent:	Monday, June 07, 1999 1:25 PM
> To:	'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
> Subject:	[Sunhelp] CD-ROM Help
> 
> I have a SPARC 2 that I recently purchased a CDROM for.  I have set the
> SCSI
> ID number to 6, and yet I am still not able to access the CD_ROM.  Does
> the
> SCSI ID have to be set at a particular ID number, because when I issue
> "eject cdrom" at the command line, it tells me "/dev/rdsk/c0t6d0s2: No
> such
> file or directory".  Also does the SCSI terminator connect to the top SCSI
> Port or the bottom? 
> 
> 
> Bill Hatcher
> Instructor
> Texas State Technical College
> 
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