<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>SPARC-HOWTO.: CDROM: specific settings.</TITLE> <LINK HREF="SPARC-HOWTO-17.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="SPARC-HOWTO-15.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="SPARC-HOWTO.html#toc16" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="SPARC-HOWTO-17.html">Next</A> <A HREF="SPARC-HOWTO-15.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="SPARC-HOWTO.html#toc16">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s16">16. CDROM: specific settings.</A></H2> <P>The easiest way to install linux on SPARC computer is to use a CDROM. If your computer does not have a CDROM you can plug an external SCSI CDROM drive, but there are two things to do or you are doomed to fail: <UL> <LI>When you issue the <CODE>boot cdrom</CODE> command, the CDROM is mapped to ID number 6.</LI> <LI>Your CDROM player's block size should be setted up on 512.</LI> </UL> As a rule of thumb, nearly all SCSI CDROM drives can be assigned to ID number 6 but you should check if the block size setting can be changed. <P> <P> <HR> <A HREF="SPARC-HOWTO-17.html">Next</A> <A HREF="SPARC-HOWTO-15.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="SPARC-HOWTO.html#toc16">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>
