The solution was to apply patch 11164903, or a later version, to update the Toshiba SD-M1401 DVD-ROM drive's firmware. I found 111649-04 and applied it. After I completed this step I was able to boot the 10/09 Solaris 10 DVD without issue. Other suggestions: Some of the Sun DVD drives (early SCSI) need the jumper on the drive to be moved from 512byte to 2048byte setting to allow booting of DVDs. Some of the Sun DVD drives prefer DVD+R media over DVD-R. Many thanks to all who replied! Jason On Nov 17, 2009, at 5:10 PM, Jason Buchanan wrote: > I have recently acquired an E3500 that is equipped with a DVD-ROM drive. I > can boot CDs but not DVDs. A U60 will boot the media fine from the same > DVD-ROM drive but no luck if I move the drive to the E3500. > > Is the E3500 capable of booting DVDs? > > Is the 10/09 Solaris 10 media available as CDs or will I have to create a > network boot server to install the OS? > > > thanks - I will summarize responses. > > regards, > Jason > _______________________________________________ > sunmanagers mailing list > sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org > http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagers _______________________________________________ sunmanagers mailing list sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/mailman/listinfo/sunmanagersReceived on Wed Nov 18 08:08:29 2009
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