[SunHELP] SS5 Booting Problem

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	SPARCstation 5, No Keyboard
	ROM Rev. 2.15, 32 MB memory installed, Serial #8149727.
	Ethernet address 8:0:20:7c:5a:df, Host ID: 807c5adf.

	Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma at 5,8400000/esp at 5,8800000/sd at 6,0:d  File and
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did you tell it to boot from cdrom?

whenever this has happened on a cdrom, it's been a bad drive for me- usually the optics are on the fritz.

have you tried booting form the drive just to see if you get an error?

and there is always boot net if you have another sun box.
jumpstart is your bud :)

-Christof