On Sun, 3 May 1998, Jason Thorpe wrote:

:  > Will a standard SCSI cdrom work with a SS2 or is there something special
:  > about a Sun cdrom that requires the use of one to work?
: 
: If you want to boot from it, it has to be a Sun CD-ROM; they have a
: firmware hack that allows 512 byte sectors, so the Sun PROM can just
: treat it as a disk.
: 
: If you don't plan on booting from it, any old SCSI CD-ROM should work.

Most Sony 2X CD-ROMs (predominantly the CDU-6001) will work with a SS2.  I
boot from one right here at home, and this CD drive was never meant to be in
a Sun.... :)

Whether Sony 1X or 3X+ CD-ROMs will work I do not know.

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-- Todd Vierling (Personal tv@pobox.com; Bus. todd_vierling@xn.xerox.com)