Probing the ide dvd device (v890 only) – Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V880 User Manual

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Avaya CMS Sun Fire V880/V890 Installation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting

May 2006

5. When you finish testing, enter the following commands:

CAUTION:

!

CAUTION:

If you fail to enter these commands, any reboots that you do in the future will stop
at the boot prompt instead of proceeding through the normal boot-up process.

setenv auto-boot? true

boot -r
The system reboots.

Probing the IDE DVD device (V890 only)

This test checks the DVD drive on the V890.

Symptom: The DVD is reporting errors.

Solution: To check the status of the DVD device:

1. Enter:

/usr/sbin/shutdown -y -i0 -g0
to shut down the system.

2. At the ok prompt, enter the following commands:

setenv auto-boot? false

reset-all
The system resets.

3. Enter:

probe-ide
The program displays a message that is similar to the following:

4. Fix any obvious errors, such as disconnected cables or external drives without power.

Device 0

( Primary Master )

Removeable ATAPI Model: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-M1712

Device 1

( Primary Slave )

Not Present

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