From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 1 21:25:41 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B33016A401 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 21:25:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwiest@vailsys.com) Received: from dprobd02.vailsys.com (dprobd02.vailsys.com [63.149.73.146]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3107213C465 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 21:25:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwiest@vailsys.com) Received: from dfsfbd06.vail (dfsfbd06.vail [192.168.129.190]) by dprobd02.vailsys.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE08A8A5C7A for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 16:25:40 -0500 (CDT) Received: from dfwdamian.vail (dfwdamian.vail [192.168.129.233]) by dfsfbd06.vail (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A404323E8F for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 16:25:40 -0500 (CDT) Received: from dfwdamian.vail (dwiest@localhost.vail [127.0.0.1]) by dfwdamian.vail (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l41LPe8E003350 for ; Tue, 1 May 2007 16:25:40 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from dwiest@localhost) by dfwdamian.vail (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id l41LPeFE005583 for freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org; Tue, 1 May 2007 16:25:40 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: dfwdamian.vail: dwiest set sender to dwiest@vailsys.com using -f Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 16:25:40 -0500 From: Damian Wiest Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070501212540.GA18149@dfwdamian.vail> References: <6d7d37410704280814i1eb053b6x281b714f9a4c3d09@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6d7d37410704280814i1eb053b6x281b714f9a4c3d09@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Subject: Re: Netbooting Sparc64+HD question (Boot problems resolved without netboot) X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 21:25:41 -0000 On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 05:14:21PM +0200, Didrik Madheden wrote: > It seems that the original reason why the computer wouldn't boot from > CD was probably a combination between a faulty CD drive and a bad CD. > I tried both using another drive and burning a new CD, but not in > combination AFAICR. I've found the optical drives in older Sun systems to be rather unimpressive. Does anyone know of any issues with installing a modern SCSI optical drive in an older Sun server? -Damian