[rescue] Sun Blade 100: RESEND

[alex at lava-net.com]

The general rule seems to be stay away from memorex cdrs.  I've had 
about 50% of the drives I try to read them on refuse to read them at 
all, or start reading and eventually crap out.
On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 
11:52:30AM -0800, Brian Howe wrote:
> I have noticed over the years that the media itself is sometimes far
> more important that I would like to believe. You may in fact be
> burning a good image onto your media, but the drive you are reading it
> from may not like the media itself.
> 
> I generally try to keep 2 to 3 different types of CDR media handy just
> for this. It has saved my bacon more than once. Also, if you have a
> spare cd drive that you can use, or an external drive that you can
> hook up, that might make a difference.
> 
> Brian
> 
> On 2/8/06, Devin L. Ganger <devin at thecabal.org> wrote:
> > At Wednesday, February 08, 2006 5:22 AM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> >
> > >> From: Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
> >
> > >> Hi.  I'm trying install NetBSD/sparc64 3.0 on a Sun Blade 100 I just
> > >> got (thanks Gary).  I got it to talk to a serial terminal, but when
> > >> I try to boot from the NetBSD CD-ROM (ok boot cdrom), I get the
> > >> error:
> > >>
> > >> Cannot read disk label.
> > >> Cannot open disk label package.
> > >>
> > >> Cannot open boot device.
> > >>
> > >> The first time, I burned the CD using IBM Recordnow!  Thinking that
> > >> it might have been causing the problem, I tried again using Nero
> > >> disc-at-once mode.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I've seen this problem all too often. I've even had the
> > fun experience of burning a disk and having it boot on one machine, but
> > not another -- even when both were using the same model of CD-ROM drive.
> >
> > > Have you confirmed your burn process by downlaoding and burning a
> > > different bootable ISO file (Say, Solaris 1 of 4 disc?) That will
> > > eliminate your software compatibility questions... And confirm that
> > > the CD or DVD-ROM drive is, in fact, bootable.
> >
> > > Never installed NetBSD on a SPARC or UltraSPARC, but my presumption
> > > is that if there were a problem with the ISO file, the community
> > > would have fixed it quickly...
> >
> > There's not a problem with the file per se, but I've noted in the past
> > there's something about how it's formatted that makes it damn touchy
> > regarding the combination of burner, burning software, and reading
> > drive.
> >
> > You would think the Blades would have a more forgiving CD-ROM drive, but
> > the last one I worked on made me jump through some serious hoops to get
> > the Solaris 9 images burned in a format it would take. My problem ended
> > up being the media -- I had to find some of the older CD-R media that
> > was only 650MB and only worked in 4x burners.
> >
> > --
> > Devin L. Ganger <devin at thecabal.org>
> > Homepage: http://www.thecabal.org/~devin/
> > Devin on Earth: http://blogs.thecabal.org/blogs/devin/
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