[SunHELP] Invalid Sbus slot number 6

Matt Bettinger sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Tue Nov 20 18:14:26 CST 2001


Hello,

Still can't getthis machine to boot.  I even getthe invalid sbus slot 6 when i
remove all scsi devies -- would that lend me to believe that  there is
something wrong with the board ?

Thanks.

Matthew Bettinger

bran tregare wrote:

> how are your jumpers set on the plextor?  the blocksize jumper should be on
> and the parity jumper should be off, you should also have the cd set to ID
> 6 (ds 1 and ds2 jumpered, ds0 open.) also, you may need to remove the
> termination jumper on it, i've had ultra 1's (and 20's and 5's) fail to
> boot if the term jumper was active on the internal cdroms.
>
> At 03:57 AM 11/18/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >i still have an error and cannot get this sun ultra 2 to boot off of a
> >cdrom.  I have the cd's burned ok as far as i know.
> >
> >When i boot the machine the first line i see is 'Invalid sbus slot
> >number 6"  Has anyone ever seen this before?  The cdrom is a plextor and
> >it has the boot block jumper and a parity jumper and scsi ID jumpers.
> >The only devices on this machine are a scsi drive and the cdrom.  I have
> >the cdrom cables set up right (according to sun docs).
> >
> >I am at a loss here and this is my last resort before i either give this
> >machine away or sell it.  Does it sound like there is a hardware problem
> >,  conflict ?   Thank you for any help.
> >
> >Matt in Houston




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