[rescue] SS1000E Solaris support?

[Thomas Pelki]

Hi Ethan,

Nobody has yet, and would be much appreciated.

-Thomas


On Sun, Jun 4, 2023 at 7:03 AM Ethan Hawke via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
wrote:

> 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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