cd-r stops boot
mcma...@mtl.mit.edu
I just added a CD-R drive to my sparc IPX but the machine won't boot with
it attached. It doesn't even get to the
"Boot device: /sbus/esp@0,800000/sd@3,0 File and args: netbsd"
message.
I've removed all other external SCSI devices from the system, found the
shortest cable I have, made sure its terminated, etc. If the CD-R drive
is simply not powered on, the machine will boot, but thats not quite good
enough.
The active internal termination on the CD-R drive is disabled and an
external passive termination is in place.
Any ideas?
Thanks
-Dan
mcma...@mtl.mit.edu
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Robert Elz wrote:
> Silly question, but have you made sure that the scsi unit number
> is correct?
>
> What does probe-scsi-all tell you?
it showed everything where I thought it should be.
Turns out that this IPX just doesn't like the CD-R at SCSI ID 1 and the
hard drive at ID 3. Changing the CD-R to 4 makes it happy. Now I just
need to do some shuffling around to get everything reconnected.
Thanks
-Dan
Greywolf
# I just added a CD-R drive to my sparc IPX but the machine won't boot with
# it attached. It doesn't even get to the
# "Boot device: /sbus/esp@0,800000/sd@3,0 File and args: netbsd"
# message.
#
# I've removed all other external SCSI devices from the system, found the
# shortest cable I have, made sure its terminated, etc. If the CD-R drive
# is simply not powered on, the machine will boot, but thats not quite good
# enough.
What's "probe-scsi" have to say about this?
# The active internal termination on the CD-R drive is disabled and an
# external passive termination is in place.
#
# Any ideas?
You've probably already heard it, but is the ID on your CD-R set to either
3 or 7? That would cause some consternation on an IPX (3==internal,
7=host adapter).
#
# Thanks
# -Dan
#
#
#
--*greywolf;
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mcma...@mtl.mit.edu
what I had was
1==CD-R
2==scanner
3==internal hard drive
4==CD-ROM
5==Tape
6==Zip
but this didn't work. I found that removing the CD-ROM and putting the
CD-R at 4, things work. I guess I don't need both the CD-ROM and CD-R
except that the CD-R isn't bootable by the sparc but the CD-ROM is.
A little more experimenting shows that with the CD-ROM at #1, also causes
it to not boot. The zip is constrained to 5 or 6 (only 2 settings it
has). I tried moving the hard drive to 0 and putting a CD-R{,OM} at 1,
but that also didn't work.
-Dan
Anthony DeLorenzo
> Turns out that this IPX just doesn't like the CD-R at SCSI ID 1 and the
> hard drive at ID 3. Changing the CD-R to 4 makes it happy. Now I just
> need to do some shuffling around to get everything reconnected.
FWIW, Sun's typically had the CD-ROM at unit 6. Although I can't see why
it would make any difference, that's where I have mine and it works/boots
just fine on an SS2.
Tony
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