using non-sgi cdrom drive for install

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From: Peter Apian-Bennewitz
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 12:54

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Hi & happy new year,

I know that this has been discussed before, but
didn't found any references. sorry is its FAQ.
It is also clear that all the questions are answered
by buying a sgi cd drive. Just out of curiousity,
how do I install stuff via a non-sgi cd drive,
attached to a remote non-sgi workstation ?

1. exec environment is installed via local tape (4.0.1)
   (local machine VGX320)

2. a SUN drive is attached to an Indigo (R3000), but
   fails with SCSI timeouts (hinv o.k.).

3. the develop. SGI-CD is fed into an HP drive attached to
   an HP750, but couldn't be mounted.

4. same with SUN drive attached to an ELC

5. (haha, new idea:) the CD is copied from the remote
   (HP drive/750) raw device via dd to an Indigo raw
   disk file (/dev/rdsk/dks0d2s6). mount fails and fsck
   doesn't like the raw disk at all.

I understand that HP and SUN don't accept the efs filesystem
on the installation disks and that non-sgi drives won't work
on sgi boxes (may or may not).
Why does the raw-raw transfer from remote drive to local disk fails ?
dd problems (filled-up blocks etc.) or more basic ?

Many thanks,

Peter


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From: apian@ise.fhg.de (Peter Apian-Bennewitz)
Subject: using non-sgi cdrom drive for install
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Summary: How to use a non-sgi cd drive for update
Keywords: install, cdrom drive
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Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 12:54:59 GMT
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