Re: Ultra5 floppy installation
From: CJT (abujlehc_at_prodigy.net)
Date: 02/18/05
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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 23:13:45 GMT
Andrej Sydorko wrote:
> Hi group
>
> I'm tryinig to install a floppy drive on a Ultra5.
> When i bought it, it came with no floppy drive.
> So I took a standard PC floppy drive, manual eject, and connected it with a
> standard pc floppy cable.
> But I cant access the drive.
>
> I also took a floppy drive from a sparcstation 5 along with the original
> (straight) floppy cable.
> That floppy was unaccessable also. So my question is, does the floppy drive
> have to be a sun original?
> Or have I missed something? Perhaps configure the openboot or something? I
> have the latest OpenBoot installed, downloaded and installed 16/2-05. All
> settings are loaded from default.
>
> Maybe worth mentioning that I have close to no experiance with Sun hardware
> but I'd love to learn.
>
>
did you do a reconfigure reboot?
are you sure you got the cables on correctly?
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