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Originally Posted by
johnf
How did you get it to boot? I have a 43p which will not boot from the CDROM! Have you a boot floppy?
My problem was the 68pin SCSI CDROM needed it's firmware updating.
Open the case, there is an unsupported 50pin SCSI connector on the motherboard. I plugged in a 50pin (SCSI-narrow) CD-ROM, (actually the mechanism from an Apple CD300 with caddy) and was able to install the OS using that.
Once installed, I downloaded the firmware update disk from IBM, and managed to match the IBM CD-ROM to a firmware patch on the disk then followed that procedure. I then proved the system by unplugging the 50pin cable and doing a complete reinstall from the internal drive.