[SunHELP] Invalid Sbus slot number 6

bran tregare sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Wed Nov 21 02:53:16 CST 2001


have you set the nvram to defaults from the OBP?


At 06:14 PM 11/20/01 -0600, you wrote:
>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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