[rescue] Sun4U - Solaris ISO, boot device options

[Alexander Jacocks]

Ken,

You can use an adapter like this:

https://cs-electronics.com/product/adp-9061-xx/

Or, just disconnect and split the 50 pin SCSI-2 interface for the internal
optical drive.

- Alex

On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 7:44 PM Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> 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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