Josh wrote: > Hello... > > Im trying to install openbsd 3.8 onto a sun ultra 30. The box has a scsi > cdrom and a scsi hdd, and no floppy drive. I am using a cdrom burned > with the small cd38.iso image to try and install with. > > When I boot the cdrom, it says: > > ok boot cdrom > Boot device: /pci/@1f,4000/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0:f File and > args: > OpenBSD IEEE 1275 Bootblock 1.1 > .. > > And that is where it stops. The same thing happens with netbsd as well, > and I cant seem to install solaris. > > Here is what it says at the top of the OpenBoot thing: > > Sun Ultra 30 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC-II 248MHz), Keyboard Present > OpenBoot 3.9, 768 MB memory installed, Serial #10216936 > Ethernet address 8:0:20:9b:e5:e8, Host ID: 809be5e8. > > Any ideas?
Sounds like a broken computer or a bad CDROM drive. Potentially, a bad CDR you made. I've also seen some machines that refuse to read certain brands of CDR media. Nick.
