Installation Of HP-UX Fails

[Jeremy Price]

I am trying to install HP-UX on a Model 715/100 using an external cd-drive (NEC MultiSpin 4X). During the boot process I press escape to bring up the Boot Menu, then I search for boot devices, then I enter "boot scsi.4.0 install" where (4.0 is the scsi address of the cdrom drive). After I press enter it tries to boot and says "Attempting to boot. Boot process failed. press to Continue."

What am I doing wrong?

[Kofi ARTHIABAH]

Hi Jeremy:

The thread :
http://my1.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0x48577e990647d4118fee0090279cd0f9!0,00.html

describes the same problem - it turns out that you can only use a Toshiba CD-ROM drive for the installation.

[Bill Hassell]

Unable to boot from a CDROM is an issue with the processor firmware (which is not upgradable) where the required sector size is not set by default in the drive. Once HP-UX is installed, the driver can setup most CDROM drives as required. Toshiba drives work OK as HP OEM's them. Plexstor drives have been reported to work too.

[Jeremy Price]

Turns out it was the cdrom drive. I replaced it with another (an internal-ACER I think) and it works okay. Thanks for your responses.

[Stefan Farrelly]

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