[SunRescue] Plextor CD-ROMs

[Mattias Nordlund]

To my best knwoledge a VAXstation or any of digitals VAX family with
scsi-card wont boot from other cd-roms then RRD4x, you will be able to
use it to mount cd's after an install (at least under Ultrix). We have a
thirdpart scsi-card for Q-bus that I succefully used a Sony 2x cdrom to
boot VMS, and I have used the same cdrom on DECstations to boot and
install, but never got anuthing else but a RRD4x to work on VAXstations.

/Mattias Nordlund

>   this is offtopic, but will cdroms that can boot suns also be
> recognized by a vaxstation?  i have an old vaxstation3100 that i'd like
> to update to vms7.2, and if i can pick up a cdrom that will boot a sun
> and a vax for $16, i definitely will.
> 
> * Kurt Mosiejczuk (kurt at csh.rit.edu) [08.18.99 11:21]:
> > I thought I'd pass this along.  I'm on a mailing list for a liquidator.
> > I've had friends buy from them in the past and be very happy, and 
> > whereas this is a Plextor (which are Sun bootable) for $16, I know
> > I don't think I'm going to pass it up.
> > 
> >   PLEXTOR 4x SCSI CD-ROM DRIVE - $16
> >   ITEM #...PX43CX
> > http://www.hitechcafe.com/eshop/inproduct.asp?dept%5Fid=3&sku=PX43CS
> > 
> > 
> > --Kurt
> > 
> > 
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