Hello zoot, thanks for your answer.
I tryed more than one cd; in particular: 2 cdrom original from sun
(solaris 2.5.1)
1 cd rom with solaris 8 (the one I used to install the system long time
ago).
I also tryed to replace the cdrom reader but I was not able to make it
work
Do not rememeber the error, but it was diffrent from "Cant' open boot
device" and
searching the net resulted in some incompatibility stuff of the reader.
I'm also searching for a new original solaris 7 we should have here in
the office
but still can't find
thanks again.


zoot ha scritto:

> cato wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I'm trying to use a sparc ultra 5 (ide interface) but I'm not able to
> > start it from the
> > cdrom.
> > I've read a lot of related stuff on the net, but unfortunately nothing
> > worked for me.
> > Can anyone help me please ?
> >
> > thanks in advance
> > Alberto
> >
> > Hereafter some infomation usefull to detect where the problem is
> >
> > reset-all
> > ok
> >
> > ok probe-ide
> > Device 0 ( Primary Master )
> > ATA Model: ST34342A
> >
> > Device 1 ( Primary Slave )
> > ATA Model: QUANTUM FIREBALLP AS20.5
> >
> > Device 2 ( Secondary Master )
> > Removable ATAPI Model: CRD-8240B
> >
> > Device 3 ( Secondary Slave )
> > Removable ATAPI Model: yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
> >
> > ok devalias cdrom
> > cdrom /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/cdrom@2,0:f
> >
> > These are the settings.
> > Obvioulsy something is wrong with the device 3 (secondary slave which
> > is empty)
> > but I cant't figure out how to fix it.
> >
> > When I put a disk in the cdrom driver I got the following message:
> > the first time I get:
> > ok boot cdrom
> > Boot devices: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/cdrom@2,0:f
> > Can't read disk label.
> > Cant'open disk label package
> >
> > ok
> >
> > The if I use the same command again I get:
> > ok boot cdrom
> > Boot devices: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/cdrom@2,0:f
> > Can't open boot device
> >
> > ok
>
> At first I would say you have either a broken CDRM reader or a bad CD?
> is the cdrom the original or a copy ?
> Are you sure to use the correct CD ? sometime I also get confused about
> the cd to use and if not bootable, it gives error I don't remember.
> can you replace the cdrom reader ?
> CU
> Zoot