Re: SPARC-10: Replacing a SUN IDE-CDROM with a third party IDE-CDROM

From: Kent Wormsdorf (kwormsdorf_at_NOSPAMhotmail.com)
Date: 12/29/03 

Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:35:50 +0000

Christer XX Mattsson wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I have been searching all over the web (open sites).
>
> Problem:
> I have a SPARC-10 Ultra. It has a non-functional SUN IDE-cdrom in it. I
> would like to replace it with "any" IDE-cdrom.
> However, it does not compute!
>
> Is it doable, replacing it with a non-SUN IDE-cdrom?
> What are the requirements on the non-SUN IDE-cdrom?
> Can I set some parameters?
>
>
> Thankful for answers.
>
> Christer Mattsson
>
>
Hi
If you by a SPARC-10 mean a Sun SparcStation ULTRA 10, then I think you
should set the CDROM drive to "Cable Select" or "CS", not "Master" or
"Slave", that's atleast what I did on my Sun Blade 100 with a DVD drive.

Greetings from Denmark
Kent 

-- 
PS. (Sorry, only in danish.)
Er der nogen der mangler en mand med lidt viden om Sun HW og SW,
så må I gerne sende mig en E-mail.
Jeg er uddannet datamatiker og har senest arbejdet som teknisk presale 
konsulent.