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 18:11:47 GMT

Hi!

On the one I tried to install I tried CS/M/S. I.e. all three possible
settings. And it did not work.
Will try to use the suggestion by Kent.

/Christer
"Gary P. Fiber" <g.fiber@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:djl0vvkr2j2kiq4kn757726nd0oj6km5qn@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:35:50 +0000, Kent Wormsdorf
> <kwormsdorf@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >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
> I just put in another CD Drive into my Ultra 10. The drive I removed
> was a GoldStar drive with a Sun part number on it. It says Goldstart
> on a big lable on the drive.
>
> The CD drive I removed was set to MASTER. The IDE drive uses cable
> select but in my system the CD did not. I am going to install CD-R
> drive soon in the system. Currently I am installing Gentoo linux on
> the Ultra 10.
>
>
>
>
> Gary K8IZ
> Washington State Resident
> Registered Linux User # 312991

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