Re: Sparc(s) won't read Debian CDs (Thanks - I'm up)
> On the inability to read the CD, I think Solaris tends to use a different > block size for CDs than most other systems do (I think they use 512 byte ISTR that's a parameter of the *drive* not the media. ie. getting sunos or solaris to talk to an non-sun scsi cdrom drive was often tricky, especially older ones. (On the other hand, with the sparc 5 I just dredged up, with builtin cdrom, I popped in a jigdo-built sparc potato cdr, did "boot cdrom", and it worked fine [well, as much as potato/sparc ever does, I spent the next couple of days bludgeoning it into modernity, including arranging an RC bugfix to e2fsprogs, but that's beside the point])
Re: Sparc(s) won't read Debian CDs (Thanks - I'm up)
Ken McNamara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. Interesting. When I installed Linux on an SS20, the system would refuse to boot from the CD. I guess some of the machines don't understand CD booting, while others do. On the inability to read the CD, I think Solaris tends to use a different block size for CDs than most other systems do (I think they use 512 byte chunks instead of 1024 or something like that). Glad to hear you got it working, though. -- Mike Hicks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unix Support Assistant| Carlson School of Management Office: 1-160 Phone: 6-7909 | University of Minnesota pgp2Us46mfKEn.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Sparc(s) won't read Debian CDs (Thanks - I'm up)
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'
Re: Sparc(s) won't read Debian CDs
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. The SS10 cd-rom drive can read CD-R, I think the SS20 can. stephane
Re: Sparc(s) won't read Debian CDs
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. pgpErjrOb6TH9.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Sparc(s) won't read Debian CDs
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. -- Mike Hicks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unix Support Assistant| Carlson School of Management Office: 1-160 Phone: 6-7909 | University of Minnesota pgp1kSLGFlkIF.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Sparc(s) won't read Debian CDs
On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 09:55:02AM -0600, Ken McNamara 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? Are these sparc 20's running Solaris or Linux, and which version? -- .--===-=-==-=---==-=-. / Ben Collins--Debian GNU/Linux--WatchGuard.com \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
Sparc(s) won't read Debian CDs
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? -- KenMc - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.grandcanyonhiker.com See our new video - 'Hiking the Grand Canyon - The Corridor Trails'
