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# 1  
Old 11-20-2006
Ultra 2 CDROM Problem
I have a Ultra 2 running solaris9, I'm trying to do a boot cdrom to install Solaris 10. During the boot, the system can't find the CDROM drive. It shows up during a probe-scsi-all. Also, when booted to Solaris 9 I place a CD in the drive it takes almost 10 minutes before the CD is readable on the system. I've check all connections for power and the SCSi cable. Is it a bad drive to something eles?

Thanks, Jim
# 2  
Old 11-21-2006
hmmm, sounds like a dead CDROM drive.... check the error log for that device with the output of:

iostat -En

regards pressy
# 3  
Old 11-28-2006
is your solaris 10 installation media in DVD or CD?
# 4  
Old 11-28-2006
I'm looking at installing Solaris 10 cdrom CDROM. The problem is I can't get it to read any cd's including Sol 8.
# 5  
Old 11-28-2006
solaris10 cd? which version of sol10 is this? afaik only sol10 fcs was available on cd. the newer versions are only available on dvd?!
# 6  
Old 11-28-2006
that why I asked. Solaris 10 media is on DVD. There are solaris 10 on cdrom media but I think you have to cut it yourself.

So there you have it, nothing wrong with yur ultra2 cdrom.
# 7  
Old 12-04-2006
Does the output of devalias match the output of probe-scsi-all?
In other words: does a boot cdrom really access the CD-ROM drive?
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