Subject: Re: CDROM drives
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Geoff Blake <geoff@palaemon.co.uk>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 01/25/2003 17:59:16
On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Antonio Prioglio wrote:
> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 11:21:12 +0000 (GMT)
> From: Antonio Prioglio <a.prioglio@city.ac.uk>
> Reply-To: port-sparc@netbsd.org
> To: port-sparc@netbsd.org
> Cc: port-sparc64@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: CDROM drives
>
> On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Geoff Blake wrote:
>
> > When I had this need, albeit on earlier Sun equipment, I bought
> > (second hand) a 2X CDROM in a 411 case and fitted a new SCSI CDRW
> > drive in the case. I guess the same would hold true with an Ultra 5.
> >
>
> Apart from the fact that U5s have no SCSI ...
>
> BTW does anybody knows what kind of IDE cdrom is compatible with U5/10?
> Google does not offer interesting cues ... (apart buy one)
Apologies, I have never played with non-scsi Sun kit - bit of a down
market move? Could you not put a AH2940 scsi card in to boot it...or
netboot it from another machine?
Geoff
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Essex UK geoff @ g8gnz . ampr.org on Sun Sparc
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