Re: indigo2 installation woes

[Peter Plessas <plessas@mur.at>]

Thanks Scott, Thiemo,

i just md5-checked the disk without error.
The drive itself was not used with the indigo2 before, that might be one
concern. But i checked the 512 bytes settings (jumpers) and they are set
correctly.
I am stuck here, have no access to another drive at the moment, perhaps
i should try another installer version.

Thanks for the great help!

Peter

* J. Scott Kasten <jscottkasten@yahoo.com> [2007-06-18 19:29]:
> 
> 
> On the physical drive itself, case removed, there is usually a set of 
> jumpers near the SCSI connector.  Often between the SCSI and power 
> connectors.
> 
> The jumper block usually has between 5 and 6 pairs.  Three for the SCSI 
> ID, one for single ended/self termination, and one for sector size. 
> Burner type drives sometimes have the 6th pair to move the burner 
> capabilities to a separate LUN.
> 
> Drives sold with or specifically for SGI and Sun equipment have the 512 
> byte sector support and are configured for such.  Teac made most of the 
> drives in that period.
> 
> -S-
> 
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Peter Plessas wrote:
> 
> >
> >Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> >> Peter Plessas wrote:
> >>>  Dear List,
> >>> 
> >>>  trying to install Debian on my Indigo2, using the .iso from
> >>>  
> >>http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/mips/iso-cd/
> >>> 
> >>>  I have no possibility to boot via network right now.
> >>> 
> >>>  The cdrom drive is an external scsi one, which is terminated and 
> >>usually >  works well.
> >>> 
> >>>  The Indigo2 doesn't boot the cd directly, nor via the "install system 
> >>>  software" entry in the sgi startup menu.
> >>
> >> It is supposed to work that way. However, the "Loading program segment
> >> ..."
> >> line in the screenshot looks suspicious. Have you checked the CD image is
> >> ok? Next, does the CDROM drive support 512 byte blocks, as required by 
> >> the
> >> machine's firmware? Finally, it could be a problem with flaky RAM, as it
> >> occasionally happens due to oxidizing contacts. Re-seating the RAM 
> >> modules
> >> in their sockets might make a difference.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thiemo
> >
> >I will run a checksum on the .iso tonight. Is there a way to determine if 
> >a certain cdrom does 512 byte blocks? The drive came with the indigo2...
> >
> >regards,
> >
> >Peter
> >
> >
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