[simpits-tech] OT - Sun Sparcstation

[Al West]

On Friday 14 May 2004 21:33, Brian Sikkema wrote:
> Lo all,
>
> Anyone here with any experience with Suns? I've got a Sparcstation IPC here
> that won't boot from CDROM, I get a message that "The SCSI bus is hung. 
> Perhaps an external device is turned off." - but of course it isn't, there
> are no conflicting SCSI addresses, and I just checked the SCSI fuse, no
> problems there. Remarkably little help online, including the official Sun
> hardware FAQs. Just wondering if anyone has any ideas.

Is the SCSI fuse the SCSI terminator (I'll be back!!!) - I think on some 
Sparcs they are routed to 3 different places - and all 3 spurs have to be 
terminated.

Don't know if there are any Sun/Sparc help forums online - have you tried a 
google groups search?

Cheers for now,
Al