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[src/trunk]: src/distrib/notes/sparc Mention that some non-Sun CD-ROM drives ...



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/7e036e9ea821
branches:  trunk
changeset: 536432:7e036e9ea821
user:      mbw <mbw%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sun Sep 15 21:42:28 2002 +0000

description:
Mention that some non-Sun CD-ROM drives can't boot any OS on Sun hadware
(link to CD-ROM FAQ was already present)

diffstat:

 distrib/notes/sparc/hardware |  8 ++++++--
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diffs (22 lines):

diff -r 02e40dbf5c25 -r 7e036e9ea821 distrib/notes/sparc/hardware
--- a/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware      Sun Sep 15 21:34:03 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/sparc/hardware      Sun Sep 15 21:42:28 2002 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.21 2002/07/24 02:47:51 lukem Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.22 2002/09/15 21:42:28 mbw Exp $
 .
 .Ss2 Supported machines
 .(bullet -offset indent
@@ -274,7 +274,11 @@
 .Em isp
 portions of those cards should work, even if the other functions do not.
 .(Note
-See
+Non-Sun SCSI CD-ROMs may have trouble booting any OS,
+.Nx
+or otherwise.  Your CD-ROM must support 512 byte blocks for the OpenBoot PROM
+to load a file.  Most newer CD-ROM drives support this automatically, and 
+many older drives allow you to set it using a jumper.  See
 .Lk http://saturn.tlug.org/suncdfaq/
 for information on bootable CD-ROMs
 .Note)



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