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From: elroy@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (ELROY  LAWRENCE A)
Subject: CD-rom drive
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Date: Mon, 2 May 1994 04:22:53 GMT
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IMHO, I believe it is because it is a scsi-II drive and the solaris os is not 
capable of handling such a device.  Make sure the driver you are using to
mount the drive is capable of using that drive.