I could try that but I don't have it set up currently. I might try dd'ing to a spare drive. On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 10:26 PM, Alastair Boyanich <iso9660%yahoo.com@localhost> wrote: > > On my sun micro dvd drive (pioneer?) mine won't boot without the sector set > to 512bytes. > > What about a netboot off mop or tftpd? > > Al Boyanich > > > ________________________________ > From: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro%linux-mips.org@localhost> > To: Gordon Zaft <gordonzaft%gmail.com@localhost> > Cc: port-pmax%netbsd.org@localhost > Sent: Sunday, 13 November 2016, 22:26 > Subject: Re: Booting DS5000/240 from CDROM > > On Sat, 12 Nov 2016, Gordon Zaft wrote: > > >> Okay it is now seeing my HDD. When I do a boot 3/rz6/netbsd I get ?IO: >> 3/rz6/netbsd (bb rd) . So I'm thinking either it doesn't like the CDROM >> drive or the actual CD... > > > Did you set the block size to 512B on the drive? There's usually a pin > header position to switch between 2kB and 512B blocks with a jumper, along > with termination, device ID, etc. settings, usually located next to the > SCSI connector. If there's no such setting available on the pin header, > then you'll need to find another drive I'm afraid. > > HTH, > > Maciej > > > -- Gordon Zaft Province 35 Governor Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity gordonzaft%gmail.com@localhost