[rescue] CDROM Problem: Can't open boot device

Robert Gamble rescue at sunhelp.org
Wed Oct 3 22:13:55 CDT 2001 

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I recently acquired an Ultra-1 with a single 167MHz CPU, Single 2.1GB
hard drive, and floppy drive.
It came loaded with 2.7, but I wanted 2.8.  I have the install media
kit.
Since I didn't have a CDROM Drive, I found someone who had an older 4x
Toshiba (XM-4101B) that supposedly worked.
[http://www.toshiba.com/taecdpd/techdocs/pdfs/4101spec.pdf]
 
My understanding of Sun hardware and software is extremely limited, as I
acquired this workstation to familiarize myself with it.
I connected the CDROM to the SCSI cable, and attempted to set the
correct SCSI ID on the jumpers.
 
The jumpers are like this:
X X X X   X X X
X X X X   X X X 
 
ID1 ID2 ID4 PRTY   PRV/ALW  Test Term
 
The system boots up fine with the following configurations, but
everytime I try to boot from cdrom, I get: 
Rebooting with command: boot cdrom
Boot device: /sbus/SUNW, fas at e,880000/sd at 6,0:f   File and args: 
Evaluating: boot cdrom
 
Can't open boot device 
 
S X X X   S X X               X S X X   S X X               X X S X   S
X X
S X X X   S X X               X S X X   S X X               X X S X   S
X X
 
probe-scsi shows the SCSI ID(target number) moving when I move the Short
from ID1 to ID2 to ID4 , so its not an identity issue .
(hard drive is Target 0, Unit 0)
 
Ok, here come my 'Charlie Brown' AUUUUGH!!!
 
What am I missing ? Am I doing something wrong ? Am I not doing
something ?  Does it sound like a bad CDROM drive ? ( I have tried more
than 1 CD)
 
Any and all suggestions are welcome to this Sun newbie .
 
Robert Gamble
zzkj7w at hotmail.com

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I recently acquired an Ultra-1 with a single 167MHz =
CPU,
Single 2.1GB hard drive, and floppy drive.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>It came loaded with 2.7, but I wanted 2.8.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I have the install media =
kit.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Since I didn’t have a =
</span></font><st1:Street><st1:address><font
  size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>CDROM
  Drive</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, I found someone who had =
an older
4x Toshiba (XM-4101B) that supposedly =
worked.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><i style=3D'mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font =
size=3D2
face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>[http://www.toshiba.com/taecdpd/techdocs/pdfs=
/4101spec.pdf]<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>My understanding of Sun hardware and software is =
extremely
limited, as I acquired this workstation to familiarize myself with =
it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I connected the CDROM to the SCSI cable, and =
attempted to
set the correct SCSI ID on the jumpers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The jumpers are like =
this:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>X <span class=3DSpellE>X</span> <span =
class=3DSpellE>X</span> <span
class=3DSpellE>X</span><span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>   =
</span><span
class=3DSpellE>X</span> <span class=3DSpellE>X</span> <span =
class=3DSpellE>X</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>X <span class=3DSpellE>X</span> <span =
class=3DSpellE>X</span> <span
class=3DSpellE>X</span><span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>   =
</span><span
class=3DSpellE>X</span> <span class=3DSpellE>X</span> <span =
class=3DSpellE>X</span> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>ID1 ID2 ID4 PRTY<span =
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  
</span>PRV/<span class=3DGramE>ALW<span =
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> 
</span>Test</span> Term<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The system boots up fine with the following =
configurations,
but <span class=3DSpellE>everytime</span> I try to boot from <span =
class=3DSpellE>cdrom</span>,
I get: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Rebooting with command: boot <span =
class=3DSpellE>cdrom</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Boot device: /<span =
class=3DSpellE>sbus</span>/SUNW,
fas at e,880000/sd at 6,0:f<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>   =
</span>File
and <span class=3DSpellE>args</span>: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Evaluating: boot <span =
class=3DSpellE>cdrom</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Can’t open boot device =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>S X <span class=3DSpellE>X</span> <span =
class=3DSpellE>X</span><span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span>S X <span =
class=3DSpellE>X</span><span
style=3D'mso-tab-count:2'>       &nbsp=
;       </span>X
S X <span class=3DSpellE>X</span><span =
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  
</span>S X <span class=3DSpellE>X</span><span =
style=3D'mso-tab-count:2'>       &nbsp=
;       </span>X
<span class=3DSpellE>X</span> S X<span =
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  
</span>S X <span class=3DSpellE>X</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>S X <span class=3DSpellE>X</span> <span =
class=3DSpellE>X</span><span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span>S X <span =
class=3DSpellE>X</span><span
style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>   </span><span =
style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>       &nbsp=
;    </span>X
S X <span class=3DSpellE>X</span><span =
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  
</span>S X <span class=3DSpellE>X</span><span =
style=3D'mso-tab-count:2'>       &nbsp=
;       </span>X
<span class=3DSpellE>X</span> S X<span =
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  
</span>S X <span class=3DSpellE>X</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><span class=3DGramE><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>probe-<span =
class=3DSpellE>scsi</span></span></font></span><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> shows the
SCSI ID(target number) moving when I move the Short from ID1 to ID2 to =
ID4 , so
its not an identity issue …<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>(<span class=3DGramE>hard</span> drive is Target 0, =
Unit 0)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Ok, here <span class=3DGramE>come</span> my =
‘Charlie
Brown’ AUUUUGH!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>What am I <span class=3DGramE>missing ?</span> Am I =
doing
something <span class=3DGramE>wrong ?</span> Am I not doing <span =
class=3DGramE>something
?</span><span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Does it sound =
like a bad
CDROM <span class=3DGramE>drive ?</span> <span class=3DGramE>( I</span> =
have tried
more than 1 CD)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Any and all suggestions are welcome to this Sun =
newbie …<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Robert Gamble<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>zzkj7w at hotmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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