The problem is, that i cannot even boot CD-s, which are definetly smaller than 2 GB.
Gasha <ga...@pie-dabas.net> írta: >Maybe offtopic. > >I remember, that there were serious issues with Sun Enterprise E250 and DVD. > >1) Images larger than 2 Gb were not supported by firmware/OBP. >2) Images larger than 3.4 or 4 Gb were not supported by Hitachi DVD. >3) Not sure about DVD-RW support. >4) Swapping another DVD unit did not solve problem, because of OBP. > >Anyway, booting anything recent Solaris was not possible, so only netboot. >I spent considerable amount of time to install Solaris 10. > >Gasha > >On 04/09/2017 07:56 PM, transmail wrote: >> You were right, DVD+RW is not supported by this drive. >> However CD-RW is and still, i cannot boot up neither FreeBSD 11, nor Debian >> 9. Any idea why? >> (Hitachi GD-7000 docs are here: >> http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/bph06479) >> >> Kevin Stabel <kevin.sta...@gmail.com> írta: >>> If you don't mind the cost of one disc, you could.If you do mind the >>> cost, you could try to look up what your drive supports.On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 >>> at 5:11 PM, transmail transm...@freemail.hu> wrote:Yes, it is. It's a >>> DVD+RW. And both the FreeBSD and Debian CD-s i tried to boot up were CD-RW. >>> Should i try CD-R and DVD-R? >>> >>> Kevin Stabel kevin.sta...@gmail.com> írta: >>>> This is a burned DVD yeah?It could actually be a fairly obscure issue, >>>> namely DVD-R vs DVD+RPlease have a look here: >>>> https://pc.net/helpcenter/answers/different_dvd_r_formatsOn Sun, Apr 9, >>>> 2017 at 4:51 PM, transmail transm...@freemail.hu> wrote:I&#39;ve tried >>>> to set auto-boot? to false but it&#39;s still ejecting my Solaris DVD. >>>> What can cause this? >>>> >>>> Mark Morgan Lloyd markmll.debian-sp...@telemetry.co.uk> írta: >>>>> On 09/04/17 12:00, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >>>>>> That&#39;s not a proof that this drive works. Try reading a known >>>>>> good medium, e.g. a commercially pressed CD and see if that works. >>>>>> >>>>>> And, even if that works, it could still be that the old CD-ROM drive in >>>>>> your SPARC doesn&#39;t handle CD-Rs. >>>>>> >>>>>> You really need to make sure the drive can deal with the CDs >>>>>> you&#39;ve created. Testing them on a modern drive is moot. Modern >>>>>> drives are more tolerant with CD-Rs and CD-RWs. >>>>> I think that system had a comparatively-recent IDE-connected DVD, but >>>>> mine&#39;s somewhere waiting to be scrapped and I&#39;m afraid >>>>> I&#39;m not going >>>>> digging for it. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Mark Morgan Lloyd >>>>> markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk >>>>> >>>>> [Opinions above are the author&#39;s, not those of his employers or >>>>> colleagues] >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> > >
