On Thu, 25 Feb 2010, Bob Tracy wrote:
debian-alpha). To make a long story short, I had reason to try and replace the existing CD-ROM drive with a CD-RW burner, and the Alpha refused to boot. I couldn't even get the power-up diagnostics to run. I put the original CD-ROM drive back in the system (and removed the new one). Result: everything works correctly. Is SRM really that picky about the optical drive? Or did I simply install a defective drive (not likely, but I'll consider the possibility)?
I haven't had any trouble putting random optical drives in my DPWS 433au. I've used CD-RW and even DVD-ROM/CD-RW drives. I guess I did have a little trouble with a defective drive that kept popping open randomly, but it did that on any machine it was attached to. I've probably tried about 5 different drives on different Miata's now with no trouble. It seems really strange to me that a CD drive would keep you from getting to SRM.
Ivan