[rescue] Sun X2200 M2 firmware

[Thomas Pelki]

Peter,
I would appreciate a copy of it also as I also have an X2200 M2 sitting as
well.

-Thomas


On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 7:20 PM Peter Stokes <peter at ashlyn.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Hauke
>
> I am away until next weekend, but can get it uploaded for you to download
> after that if no one else comes up with it.
>
> Let me know
>
> All the best and hope you are keeping well
>
> Peter
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On 24 Oct 2019, at 22:51, Hauke Fath <hauke at espresso.rhein-neckar.de>
> wrote:
> >
> > o;?Hi all,
> >
> > would anybody on the list have the latest (LOM and BIOS) firmware CD
> around
> > for the Sun Fire X2200 M2?
> >
> > My workplace (university research group) just was given one of those
> from a
> > rather unlikely side - a student group had bought it on a grant 10 years
> > ago, and we had hosted it. The original admins graduated and went away,
> the
> > group "forgot" that they had hardware somewhere (probably not even
> giving a
> > thought to "what" served their web pages - electrical engineers...). In
> the
> > end, the LAMP installation got cracked, and I had to send a stern
> reminder
> > on how being a guest came with obligations. They moved the installed
> > software to a VM, and found it easier to just donate the Sun than find
> out
> > where it lodged, and pick it up. Nice machine, too.
> >
> > Of course, as a uni institute, we would not even dream of getting the
> > support contract that Oracle appears to expect us to sign in exchange
> for a
> > bios update for a 12 yo machine...
> >
> > The X2200 fails to boot NetBSD with an ACPI error, and I figured the
> latest
> > bios might hellp here.
> >
> > Any pointers will be much appreciated... I could make space for an
> upload,
> > if needed.
> >
> > Cheerio,
> > hauke
> >
> >
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