Georg Schwarz wrote:
> I've got a SpoarcStation 10 with Solaris 7 installed. I would like to
> reinstall from scratch the OS. My attempt to boot from the start CD
> using an external SCSI CDROM (tried several different ones) set to SCSI
> ID 6 issuing 'boot cdrom' from the firmware prompt failed like this:
>
> Rebooting with command: cdrom
> Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma@f,400000/esp@f,800000/sd@6,0:d File
> and args:
> Can't read disk label.
> Can't open disk label package
> Can't open boot device
> Type help for more information
> ok
>
>
> On a Mac I can easily mount and read the boot CD (burned by the previous
> owner). Now I would like to test whether it is also readable on the
> SparcStation. Unfortunately I cannot mount it. It seems that the
> necessary /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s* entries do not exist.
> How can I create these entries on Solaris7?
>
Can you read it on the Mac USING THE SAME DRIVE as you're using on the
Sun? My guess is you can't. Not all CD drives can read burned CDs.

You don't need the /dev entries on your hard disk to do an install.
They're already on the installation disk.

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