Re: Booting 3/60 from cdrom?

[email protected] (Perry Hutchison)
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> > What is the exact command for a Sun 3/60 to boot off a cdrom (Sun
> > cdrom) at ID 6?  I was reading in one of the faqs that it was boot
> > sd(0,18,0), but I can't seem to get it to recognize the cd from that
> > incantation.
> 
> Well, I don't have such a setup to test it, but I think the number is
> (id<<3)+lun, in hex, which means that 18 is ID 3 LUN 0.  ID 6 LUN 0
> would be 30.  Try sd(0,30,0) maybe?

Might be sd(0,30,1) or (0,30,2) etc. depending on which "session" of
the CD has the sun3 bootstrap.  If it accesses the drive, but dies,
try a different session number.  Also, the CD must be set for 512
transfer size, not the usual 2K.
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