2010/2/26 Bob Tracy <[email protected]>: > Situation: I've got a PWS 433au (Miata) on which I've been trying to do > a "from scratch" install of Lenny. (See the gory details on > 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)?
Hello Bob. VMS is very picky about CDROM drives, only a few works. About Debian GNU/Linux and also NetBSD, I could say you that any CDROM drive I have usually works good. Bye gl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
