SunFire V210 DVD install

Part number for graphics card is 605-4659-02. DVD part number 1977067C-93. The server has been started and I went through the ALOM configuration and I am at the root system prompt. Solaris is pre-installed and all I need to do is get the DVD drive operating. I am connected through the serial management port. The [mount -F hsfs -O -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t06d0s0 /cdrom] command suggested by the installation docs did not work.

Thanks for responding.

bhartsel at 2007-7-5 16:57:17 >

Martin,

That 605-series numbering syntax would probably be a top level number

(cardboard box, pamphlet, hardware, antistatic bag, etc) for the option.

The other number is probably just something else from the drive's various labels.

Bruce,

Just to clear up a tiny bit of confusion...

You <i><u>have</u></i> installed the optical drive to the chassis? (yes/no)

LED's flicker at some point, during bootup ?

Did you do a reconfiguration reboot after installing it ?

That would be necessary to incorporate the drive as a device in the path-to-inst file.

A quick check, at the OS level would be to do...

# iostat -En

A valid DVD drive would be noted in the output from that command.

You would be able to find it by brand and model.

And... generally speaking, the filesystem of a disk would automount.

Bill at 2007-7-5 16:57:17 >