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Hi, probe_scsi displays the CD fine. using 'nvvalias' and 'devalias' demonstrates that the alias's are being constructed correctly I have connected the cd internally and externally, so either both adapters are not working, or the cd is "non 512 byte block compliant" I have run...

Hi people, thanks for all your replies! I think matramik might be right on this one, as I have tried two different toshiba and HP CDROM drives, and neither work on the Sparc station. I will attempt to find a SUN CDROM from somewhere! cheers again John

Hi, I am trying to install Solaris 8 on a sparc 10 and 20 machine. I have done this previously with other machines using an external SCSI sun cdrom. This time the SCSI CDROM is internal but is not a SUN. I have set the target to 6 and can see the device using a 'probe scsi', but everytime I...

Hi, thanks for the reply... what lsi file do I need to look at? ???.lsi thanks John

Does anyone know a way of doing this using just the files stored on the hard drive of the machine being used? many thanks John

Hi all, I have just bought a sparc10 workstation + keboard/mouse. Does anyone know of a manufacturer who provides converters for enabling a sparc station to work through a standard PC monitor. any advice, URL's would be greatly appreciated (prefereably in the UK ... P&P avoidance) eternally...

Hi all, I am having a problem getting an installation cd to boot for solaris 8, on a sparcstation10. The error I am getting is : Cannot deduct panicbuf from physical memory Any ideas? thanks in advance, John

All, Does anyone know the command/procedure for switching the GUI from open windows to the CDE? much appreciated, John

Hi all, I am having problems trying to get a decrepid F30 to work. On boot up, the machine just seems to hang and is unable to boot from the cdrom drive. I am not able to use the Function keys (F4 & F5) to interrupt the boot sequence and reconfigure anything. The terminal is an emulated WYSE...

All, I am attempting to rebuild my Solaris kernel to support 2 CPUs. Is anyone aware of a parameter(s) used in /etc/system to set the number of CPU's ? John

folks, Does anyone know what the SCSI ID is for the root disk of an RS/6000 PCI F30? thanks all John

Many thanks AIXqueen, will give it a shot. stay regal john

Hi all, I am new to AIX/IBM servers. I am trying to re-build an RS/6000 F30 server. I have tried what I think to be everything during the attempted boot from the floppy drive containing the boot disk (function keys, num keys, etc). The server just seems to hang on FEB - verify recovery image is...