[rescue] SS1000E Solaris support?

[Thomas Pelki]

Hi All,

While were on the subject of the SS1000/1000e, could somebody dump the 2.31
eproms please, and send them to me?

I believe 2.31 is the latest version
-Thomas


On Sat, Jun 3, 2023 at 2:17 AM Ethan Hawke via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
wrote:

> Hey Dave,
>
> Unfortunately it won't work, in Solaris 9 the sun4d kernel was removed.
> The only sun4d remnants left is a stub bootblk that just simply prints
> the following when you try to boot it;
>
>      SPARCserver 1000E, No Keyboard
>      ROM Rev. 2.31, 2048 MB memory installed, Serial #7609142.
>      Ethernet address 8:0:20:74:1b:36, Host ID: 80741b36.
>
>
>      Rebooting with command: cdrom
>      Boot device:
> /io-unit at f,e0200000/sbi/dma at 0,81000/esp at 0,80000/sd at 6,0:e  File and args:
>      This hardware platform is not supported by this release of Solaris.
>      Program terminated
>      Type  help  for more information
>      <#0> ok
>
>   the sun4d architecture is very different from sun4m and can't simply
> be patched to support it.
>
> At least we know for sure, sorry to disappoint.
>
> Cheers,
> Ethan
>
> On 31/5/23 21:41, Dave McGuire via rescue wrote:
> >
> >   Can anyone here tell me with certainty what the latest release of
> > Solaris is that will run (not "is supported", but "will run") on a
> > SPARCserver-1000E (sun4d) machine?
> >
> >               Thanks,
> >               -Dave
> >
>
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