External DVD-ROM (USB) on SUN Fire 210, Sun Fire 240?

04-05-2005, 03:06 PM

Hi,

Has anybody tried to use an external USB DVD-ROM on a SUN Fire 210 or
Sun Fire 240 under Solaris9?

Any Caveats/pitfalls?

We'd like to use one external DVD-drive for installation of several
machines instead of buying the internal "X7410A Slimline-DVD-ROM" for
plenty of $$.

TIA for your help,
-ewald

04-05-2005, 03:36 PM

Ewald Jenisch <> writes:

> Has anybody tried to use an external USB DVD-ROM on a SUN Fire 210 or
> Sun Fire 240 under Solaris9?
>
> Any Caveats/pitfalls?
>
> We'd like to use one external DVD-drive for installation of several
> machines ...

That won't work, because current boot proms do not support booting from
USB or Firewire mass storage devices. You must use SCSI or ATAPI devices.

04-05-2005, 09:18 PM

HI,

Ewald Jenisch wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Has anybody tried to use an external USB DVD-ROM on a SUN Fire 210 or
> Sun Fire 240 under Solaris9?
>
> Any Caveats/pitfalls?
>
> We'd like to use one external DVD-drive for installation of several
> machines instead of buying the internal "X7410A Slimline-DVD-ROM" for
> plenty of $$.
>
> TIA for your help,
> -ewald

Why not net install using jumpstart???

/michael

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