[SunHELP] ultra 2 cd-boot question

Tue Nov 13 10:51:10 CST 2001

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Hello,

I am new to this list, anyway and have a little dilema.  I have an Ultra =
2 enterprise that will not boot up, here is the deal.  The machine has a =
scsi drive and a plextor 12 x cdrom.  the hard drive is plugged into the =
rear hot swappable bay.  The cdrom jumpers are set  to CS and the 512k =
BLOCK jumper is on.  I have a scsi cable with three connectors on it.  =
One end is connected to the cdrom drive, the other two i have plugged =
into the mother board.  (this doesn't seem right and this could be my =
problem? ) . =20

I turn the machine on and I get an error that says Invalid sbus slot 6.  =
The machine continues to boot and will boot up off the hard drive if I =
let it.  (the hard drive has sunos 4 on it but I do not know the root =
pass, so i know the harddrive is ok)  I do a stop-a and probe-scsi at =
the ok prompt and the hard drive is recognised and the cdrom is =
recognised.  The cdrom is at 6, i forget the exact line but from what I =
have been reading it is where it should be.

When i try a boot cdrom i see the cdrom light turn on and then it tells =
me "Cannot open boot device".  I have tried burning the cdrom with =
burncd in bsd and i burned it in winblows with nero burning rom. =20

So i guess there are three questions that i would like some help on.

1-  How should the scsi cables be hooked up with a cdrom and the hard =
drive with the hot swappable bays

2-  What should the jumpers on the cdrom be set to.  ie, CS, slave,  =
BLOCK etc.

3- What is some good software to burn the cdrom with,  in nero should i =
set it to make a 'bootable' cdrom ?  Could this be the problem with not =
being able to open boot device or does the problem reside in the Invalid =
sbus slot 6.

Ok more than 3 questions =3D]

Thank you in advance for any insight into this proble.  I am getting =
pretty frustrated with this whole thing as you may imagine.

Again, thank you folks=20

Matthew Bettinger=20
Champion Elevators, Inc.
8400 Villa Drive=20
Houston, Texas 77061
713-640-8500
www.championelevators.com

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am new to this list, anyway and have =
a little=20
dilema.  I have an Ultra 2 enterprise that will not boot up, =
here is=20
the deal.  The machine has a scsi drive and a plextor 12 x =
cdrom.  the=20
hard drive is plugged into the rear hot swappable bay.  The cdrom =
jumpers=20
are set  to CS and the 512k BLOCK jumper is on.  I have a scsi =
cable=20
with three connectors on it.  One end is connected to the cdrom =
drive, the=20
other two i have plugged into the mother board.  (this doesn't seem =
right=20
and this could be my problem? ) .  </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I turn the machine on and I get an =
error that=20
says Invalid sbus slot 6.  The machine continues to boot and will =
boot up=20
off the hard drive if I let it.  (the hard drive has sunos 4 on it =
but I do=20
not know the root pass, so i know the harddrive is ok)  I do a =
stop-a and=20
probe-scsi at the ok prompt and the hard drive is recognised and the =
cdrom is=20
recognised.  The cdrom is at 6, i forget the exact line but from =
what I=20
have been reading it is where it should be.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>When i try a boot cdrom i see the cdrom =
light turn=20
on and then it tells me "Cannot open boot device".  I have tried =
burning=20
the cdrom with burncd in bsd and i burned it in winblows with nero =
burning=20
rom.  </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>So i guess there are three questions =
that i would=20
like some help on.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1-  How should the scsi cables be =
hooked up=20
with a cdrom and the hard drive with the hot swappable bays</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2-  What should the jumpers on the =
cdrom be=20
set to.  ie, CS, slave,  BLOCK etc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3- What is some good software to burn =
the cdrom=20
with,  in nero should i set it to make a 'bootable' cdrom ?  =
Could=20
this be the problem with not being able to open boot device or does the =
problem=20
reside in the Invalid sbus slot 6.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ok more than 3 questions =
=3D]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thank you in advance for any insight =
into this=20
proble.  I am getting pretty frustrated with this whole thing as =
you may=20
imagine.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Again, thank you folks </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Matthew Bettinger <BR>Champion =
Elevators,=20
Inc.<BR>8400 Villa Drive <BR>Houston, Texas 77061<BR>713-640-8500<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.championelevators.com">www.championelevators.com</A></=
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