[SunHELP] CD ROM woes

[Mac User]

Yup there was a problem with the cabling . Worked it
out .
Thanx 
DP
--- "Donaldson, Mark" <Mark.Donaldson at experianems.com>
wrote:
> If the bios doesn't see it with a probe-scsi-all
> then the OS isn't going to
> see it, either.
> 
> Try another drive if you can and/or check the
> cabling.  Cut and paste the
> probe-scsi-all output to me if you want.
> 
> -M
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mac User [mailto:user_mac at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 11:12 AM
> To: Donaldson, Mark
> Cc: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: RE: [SunHELP] CD ROM woes
> 
> 
> I just caught hold of a DVD_ROM Installation and
> users
> guide ..
> There the LED flashes are given ..
> When the CD is put into the caddy it starts running
> and the LED starts flashing but foe some time . THen
> it just stops blinking and there is no light ..
> Corresponds to either its in read /standby mode or
> no
> disc is mounted (thats certain because there are no
> drivers). 
> Its says if there is a media problem the LED shld
> stay
> lit . 
> probe-scsi-all shows nothing on 5 and 6.  
> Shld i try using mknod . A little help using that
> would be welcome ..
>  
> --- "Donaldson, Mark"
> <Mark.Donaldson at experianems.com>
> wrote:
> > Drop to the BIOS prompt - set auto-boot? to
> "false"
> > then "reset-all" then
> > "probe-scsi-all".  Make sure it shows up in the
> SCSI
> > probe (usually target 5
> > or 6).
> > 
> > If it doesn't, start chasing hardware issues.
> > 
> > -M
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mac User [mailto:user_mac at yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 2:53 PM
> > To: stephen price
> > Cc: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> > Subject: Re: [SunHELP] CD ROM woes
> > 
> > 
> > yes i did a boot -r
> > its a scsi and an internal DVD-ROM ..
> > 
> > --- stephen price <sd_price at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > did you do a reconfiguration boot (boot -r) ??? 
> > > scsi
> > > or eide version?  internal/external?  if eide is
> > the
> > > devalias set correctly?  
> > > regards
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