[COLUG] Solaris boot question: Is sector size an issue?

[Scott Merrill]

Jim wrote:
> Scott Merrill wrote:
>> The CD drive shows no sign of activity -- no spin up, no
>> flashing indicator light
...
> Is the sector size an issue? 
> 
> Sun uses (or used) the non-standard sector size of 512 bytes 
> for CD-ROMs and CD-ROM drives. One needed a drive that could 
> handle such. Some drives have a jumper or switch to select 
> 512 byte or 2048 byte sectors. 

I don't recall having seen jumpers on the external drive case, but I'll
be sure to double-check.

Thanks for the suggestions, Diyab and Rob: I'll be following your notes
very soon, and will report back.

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