> >Well, for myself it was on a PC not a Sparc, but it looks
> >like your symptoms are the same: look above, it says
> >"detected scsi disk ...". Also, /dev/sdb is specifically
> >for _hard disk_ in linux, _not_ for CD-ROM.
>
> The boot messages definitely showed sdb being detected as a Toshiba
>
Thus spake Carver, Paul, NLSOP ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
[..]
> PRTY - open
> ID1 - open
> ID2 - jumpered
> ID4 - jumpered
>
> I tried it with just ID4 jumpered and then with just ID2 jumpered. Both ways
> it errors saying "can't open boot device" and then defaults to booting
> Solaris from the hard
>>Could you try to put your CD-ROM at a higher ID (say, 3 or 4)
> >>just to check ???
>
>Any idea how to do this? I don't really know anything about Sun hardware.
To the best of my knowledge, this is a standard Ultra Enterprise 1 with
>internal hard drive and CD-ROM drive. I haven't opened th
>Could you try to put your CD-ROM at a higher ID (say, 3 or 4)
>just to check ???
Any idea how to do this? I don't really know anything about Sun hardware. To
the best of my knowledge, this is a standard Ultra Enterprise 1 with
internal hard drive and CD-ROM drive. I haven't opened the case. I
"Carver, Paul, NLSOP" wrote:
>
> I'm trying to install Mandrake 7.0 on an Ultra Enterprise 1 with a SCSI
> CD-ROM drive.
>
> Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
>Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: XM-5401TASUN4XCD Rev: 1036
>Type: CD-ROM
I'm trying to install Mandrake 7.0 on an Ultra Enterprise 1 with a SCSI
CD-ROM drive.
At the ok prompt I type 'boot cdrom' and it begins the boot process. At the
boot prompt on the "Welcome to Linux-Mandrake 7.0" screen I press enter or
type 'expert' and press enter. It continues the boot process
