Subject: Re: Cdrom for Sparc 2 / off topic
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@NetBSD.ORG>
List: port-sparc
Date: 05/03/1998 20:33:54
On Sun, 3 May 1998, Jason Thorpe wrote:
: > Will a standard SCSI cdrom work with a SS2 or is there something special
: > about a Sun cdrom that requires the use of one to work?
:
: If you want to boot from it, it has to be a Sun CD-ROM; they have a
: firmware hack that allows 512 byte sectors, so the Sun PROM can just
: treat it as a disk.
:
: If you don't plan on booting from it, any old SCSI CD-ROM should work.
Most Sony 2X CD-ROMs (predominantly the CDU-6001) will work with a SS2. I
boot from one right here at home, and this CD drive was never meant to be in
a Sun.... :)
Whether Sony 1X or 3X+ CD-ROMs will work I do not know.
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