Re: [OT?] Problem with CD-ROM

On Sun, 18 May 2003, T. Ribbrock wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> this is probably almost OT, but maybe someone has some insight: I'm
> trying to use an older Sun CD-ROM on one of my machines. It's a 1x
> Sony CDU-8012 with caddies and an original Sun number, so it must have
> been original equipment at some stage. Problem is: I can't boot from
> it when I'm using CD-Rs... I've tried my Aurora 1.0 CD-R (written at
> 8x), but it never gets further than the "S" of "SILO", then hangs.
> Same CD-Rs work fine in other CD-ROMs I have connected to other Suns.
> I've also tried the official OpenBSD 3.3 CD's, which boot without
> problems. A 1x burn of their "Boot-CD image" fails, however, resulting
> in a message "SCSI bus hung - some external equipment switched off?"
> on the OBP. Same CD-R works fine in anther drive.
> 
> Looks like the old drive doesn't like CD-Rs very much. Before I dump
> it, does anybody happen to have any more info on this?

It almost certainly simply can't read CD-R media at all.

-- 
        Peter

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