On Thursday, October 31, 2002, at 05:07  PM, Tim Champ wrote:

> I could be wrong, but it sounds like one of two things(both of which  
> have
> caused similar errors for me in the past).
>
> One: The "parity" jumper on the cdrom isn't set.

OK. I can figure out check this.

> Two: The block size is incorrect on the CDROM.

I burned the CDROM from an ISO9660 image. Wouldn't that set the correct  
block size when burning? Also, wouldn't this prevent booting?

> Is this a internal "from Sun" cdrom?  Another thing, on second thought,
> could be that you have conflicting CDROM devices.

Only one CD ROM and for various reasons, I'm pretty sure it's from Sun.

> Outside of this, I'd have to thinka bout it.

Your help is appreciated.


> Tim
>
> On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Michael Wong wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>
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