[SunHELP] installing SunOS on Sparcstation LX

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At 02:37 30/11/2003, you wrote:

>>               Hi All
>> 
>>       I just got my self 2 SS LX's and a SS Clasic, and i am having a bit of trouble trying to reinstall Solaris 7.
>>       I am trying to use an external CD-rom to install its a Plextor PX-40tSi in a sun cd-rom box, 
>>       when i do a probe-scsi-all from the go prompt it lists the cd drive and the hdd, but when i boot cdrom
>>       it boot then fails saying can not find cdrom.
>>       any ideas? also...
>>       does the cd rom have to be on scsi id 6 to boot from? 
>there is you magic word :) .. it *has* to be o id 6 unless you chance
>the alias dev. in the eeprom but I would not advice that on a LX...


thank you ill do that now then.

Ritchie 

mumbulls some thing about having to find the manual now, because there is nothing on the drive about scsi id numbers.


>>       is there a way to install over the lan (i have a working ss20)
>sure but if you have a cdrom it will be faster...
>
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>  From a Sun Microsystems bug report (#4102680):
>    "Workaround: don't pound on the mouse like a wild monkey."
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