[SunRescue] RE: Prom images for Sparcs :)

Mike Hebel rescue at sunhelp.org
Tue Mar 13 11:02:28 CST 2001


Funny, now I have the urge to buy an EPROM burner and try and put a
Linux/BSD Sparc kernel in the boot prom.  Just for the hell of it. ;-)

I'll probably never get around to it but it's a cool idea.

Mike Hebel  (Who wants a 37 hour day with mandatory "hacking" time.)

>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
>>Behalf Of Chris Powell
>>Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 2:54 AM
>>To: rescue at sunhelp.org
>>Subject: [SunRescue] RE: Prom images for Sparcs :)
>>
>>
>>
>>On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Mike Hebel wrote:
>>
>>> >>  Sparc 1+
>>> >>  Sparc IPC
>>> >>  Sparc 2
>>>
>>> Aren't these three all the same basic prom type?  Or am I
>>stepping up to the
>>> crack pipe here?
>>
>>The openboot code is different between all three machines. Even the SS1
>>and SS1+ are different.
>>
>>Some images are available down-under:
>>
>>http://lios.apana.org.au/~cdewick/data/bootroms.html
>>
>>But the SS1+ is missing (SS1 is there, but it's not correct for the SS1+).
>>
>>If anyone has images of the missing images, perhaps they can contact
>>Craig Dewick....
>>
>>
>>Chris.
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