Hi folks. I'm trying a fresh install of 1.6 on my SS20. I successfully 
made a boot CD with NetBSD 1.6 on it and booted fine. I get to the 
second stage where it asks for the media for the additional utilities 
and pick cdrom.

I pick /dev/cd0a (presumably the device I just booted from) and the 
lights go on the drive and eventually I get:

cd0(esp0:0:6:0): esp0: timed out [ecb 0xf0453000 (flags 0x1, dleft 800, 
stat0], <state 5, nexus 0xf0453000, phase(l, 11, c 1, p 1), resid 800, 
msg(q 0, o 0) DMA active>
cd0(esp0:0:6:0): sync negotiation disabled
cd0(esp0:0:6:0): esp0: timed out [ecb 0xf0453000 (flags 0x41, dleft 
800, stat0], <state 5, nexus 0xf0453000, phase(l, 11, c 1, p 1), resid 
800, msg(q 20, o 0) DMA active> AGAIN
esp0: invalid state: 6
esp0: resetting SCSI bus
esp0: SCSI bus reset
esp0: invalid state: 6
esp0: resetting SCSI bus
esp0: SCSI bus reset
esp0: invalid state: 6
esp0: resetting SCSI bus
esp0: SCSI bus reset
esp0: invalid state: 6
esp0: resetting SCSI bus
esp0: SCSI bus reset
mount_cd9660: /dev/cd0a on /cdrom: Input/output error

Sometimes I get to the prompt where it asks for the path of the tar 
file and shows the correct path and then it times out again. If it 
boots, then the CD-ROM should work, no? Solaris installed fine a few 
days ago. Any help is appreciated.

thanx, m