Rob - These are CD-R disks from http://www.linux-cd.com/
In the meantime I finally worked up the nerve to do a 'boot cdrom' from the 'ok' prompt - and (of course) it booted up just fine. Must be that SunOS 5.7 can't read the Debain distribution. KenMc Rob Walsh wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 11:00:46AM -0600, Michael Hicks wrote: > > Ken McNamara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hello to everyone. > > > > > > I just got my first set of Debian CDs. > > > > > > They read fine on 2 different PCs - but 2 different Sparc 20's can't > > > read them. Each Sparc reads CDs just fine until I put these in. > > > > > > Has anyone seen anthing like this? Any suggestions? > > > > The Sparc 20 CD-ROM drive is so slow (1x, 150kB/s) that you'd be better off > > mounting the disk on another machine and exporting via NFS, or making the > > files accessible via FTP or HTTP. If you're installing, just make some > > boot floppies and install over the network. > > This reminded me of another issue I've had with older CDROM drives > (Sun and otherwise): Many (most?) older drives will not read CD-RW > disks. Do you know if the CD's are mastered, CD-R's, or CD-RW's? > > Later, > Rob. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature -- KenMc - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.grandcanyonhiker.com See our new video - 'Hiking the Grand Canyon - The Corridor Trails'