[rescue] SS1000E Solaris support?

[Ethan Hawke]

Hey Thomas,

Still need the 2.31 ROMS? If someone hasn't sent them to you I can read 
mine, but I probably won't have time until next weekend.

Cheers,
Ethan

On 04/06/2023 8:04 am, Thomas Pelki via rescue wrote:
> 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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