[rescue] on the subject of the 4D/xx...

Bill Bradford rescue at sunhelp.org
Tue Jul 10 17:50:20 CDT 2001


On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 03:48:48PM -0700, Flinthoof Ponypal wrote:
> Early SUNs and SGI machines require a 512 byte mode CD-ROM.  Today's
> CD-ROM's won't work.  You can typically find a SCSI 512 byte mode drive on
> Ebay for $20-$30.  Starting with the Indigo, they could use normal drives.

BTW, some Indys will complain about Plextor 12x's, but they'll *work*.
You'll just get spurious messages during the install.

bill

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Bill Bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
Austin, TX



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