2010/2/26 Bob Tracy <rct@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > 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 from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-alpha" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
