[rescue] Sun4U - Solaris ISO, boot device options

[Lionel Peterson]

Question: How do I make that fast scsi adapter work with the SCA interface in
a U60? Is there a simple physical adapter or a more suitable option?

Thanks,

Ken

> On Sep 3, 2021, at 18:17, Richard <ejb at trick-1.net> wrote:
>
> o;?This might help
>
> https://github.com/halfmanhalftaco/sunboot
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>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On 4 Sep 2021, at 08:34, Dan Moisa <dmoisa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> o;?To this day I haven't been able to install Solaris successfully off a
>> Linux server. *BSD yes, but Solaris always gets something wrong. I ended
up
>> even trying Solaris out of a qemu because of this, and still the most
>> reliable thing is a SCSI2SD emulating cdrom.
>>
>> Can anyone that successfully do Solaris netinstall with a Linux host send
>> their nfs config, export, directory listing so I can see what I'm getting
>> wrong?
>>
>> Dan.
>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 3, 2021, 13:37 Jonathan Katz <jon at jonworld.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Archive.org will have ISOs. You can run a jumpstart server from a Linux
> box
>>> or VM, even so you donb t need to worry about a local SCSI CD.
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 3 Sep 2021 at 21:29, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Now that I'm about to be down to one Ultra 60 System, I'm going to be
>>>> looking
>>>> to bringing my system back to life.
>>>>
>>>> I'm curious about getting an ISO for a system of this vintage (Solaris
10
>>>> is
>>>> supported, right?), and what are reasonable options if the SCSI drive
>>>> inside
>>>> is toast?
>>>>
>>>> I'm no where near sitting down and bringing it back to life, I'm just
>>>> thinking
>>>> thru the options.
>>>>
>>>> Intended use is to simply have a reasonably quiet Solaris box running on
>>>> Sun
>>>> hardware on my home net - I don't need crazy performance, but I'd like
>>> this
>>>> system to be a decent performer.
>>>>
>>>> Any advice, pointers appreciated.
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