[rescue] CD problems

[Peter Stokes]

Hi

I suspect yes, try different CD drive or DVD set to 512 bytes.

Peter

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> On 20 May 2020, at 22:24, silvercreekvalley <silvercreekvalley at yahoo.com>
wrote:
>
> o;?Thanks for the help with this.
>
> So I checked the CD ROM docs (its a Yamaha drive) and sure enough the block
> size jumper was missing :)
>
> So Ibve installed a jumper and now, it gets a bit further.
>
> After
>
> b sd(0,6,2)
>
> I get
>
> Boot sd(0,6,2)
> boot cannot open kernel/unix
> Enter filename
>
> sometimes it says
>
> bootblk not UFS
>
> Ibm using my original Solaris 2.5 CD, and did check with a couple of older
> ones (2.3, etc) and same error.
>
> Interestingly Solaris 8 tells me the processor is not supported (which is
> correct)
>
> Is this just a matter of trying more CD drives ? The Yamaha is circa 2000
so
> is a writer and reader.
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