Re: CDROM strangeness with LX and Solaris 2.6

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From: Craig Dewick
Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 00:00

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In <EsyCq6.oJ@news2.new-york.net> Chris Mauritz <ritz@ritz.mordor.net> writes:

> It seemed to work at first, but when booting off the CD to do the initial
>install, it crapped out with errors when trying to execute files from the
>CD.  Do Suns use a proprietary CDROM format?  The original unit was also a
>Toshiba (4101B) and the new one was a 3701B.

Sun enforces a 512-byte blocksize when booting from a CD-ROM. The 3701B
doesn't, as far as I know, support that blocksize.

I have 2x speed CD-ROM drives (4101B's are 2x speed units BTW) that work
fine, and I can't be bothered replacing them when they work perfectly.

Regards,

Craig.
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From: cdewick@lios.apana.org.au (Craig Dewick)
Subject: Re: CDROM strangeness with LX and Solaris 2.6
Date: 1998/05/15
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