Re: Is it me, or are the disks not cool? (fwd)

1998-06-09 Thread Rich Sahlender
- Forwarded message from Eric Delaunay - >> I get the same thing on my IPX, but if I take the same disks and try them >> in an older Sparc 1 or 1+ they work just fine. Could this be a ROM version >> thing? I'm sure the ROM versions in the 1/1+ is 1.x_something but the IPX >> is 2.4. I have

Re: Is it me, or are the disks not cool? (fwd)

1998-06-02 Thread Eric Delaunay
Rich Sahlender wrote: > > I am attempting a floppy installation onto my SparcStation IPX. > > When I boot off of the rescue disk, it gets past the SILO boot > > prompt, lets me hit return (I assume that is what I hit), then > > dies with: > > Read error on block 50 > > > >

Is it me, or are the disks not cool? (fwd)

1998-06-02 Thread Rich Sahlender
> I am attempting a floppy installation onto my SparcStation IPX. > When I boot off of the rescue disk, it gets past the SILO boot > prompt, lets me hit return (I assume that is what I hit), then > dies with: > Read error on block 50 > > Cannot find /linux (Attem