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

From: Christer XX Mattsson (prc_mattsson_takeaway__at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/29/03 

Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 15:32:56 GMT

Hi Kent!

Have tried that before. A definite no go.

May be thet problem that I am trying to replace with an old IDE cdrom.

Thanks for your prompt reply anyway.

/Christer

"Kent Wormsdorf" <kwormsdorf@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> 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.
>