Re: Boot sparc 60

[Chris Newport]

Martin wrote:


FWIW I'm not sure Ultra 60s can boot from floppy.

 


Only pre-ultrasparc machines can (officially) boot from floppy.
Modern linux kernels are also too big to fit on a floppy.


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Re: Boot sparc 60

[Martin]

On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 10:02 +, Simon Tyler wrote:
> Does anyone know how to boot an ultra sparc 60 without the use of a
> floppy drive or a cd drive?  I know it sounds impossible, however,
> until I get hold of a cd drive I can’t do anything with it.  I can
> plug it into my hub at home which has a pc running Suse Linux, I can’t
> log into it because the company I bought it from has left their
> password login on solaris.  So I just need to format the drive and
> start again, somehow?
> 
> Can anyone suggest anything.  As you’ve guessed, I’m new to this. 

boot net
at the openprom prompt should netboot the machine.  Alternatively,
remove the hard disk, plug into another machine (assuming it can read
Sun disk labels - if not it's only a kernel compile to fix), saw off the
relevant password and reassemble.

HTH

Cheers,
 - Martin

FWIW I'm not sure Ultra 60s can boot from floppy.

Boot sparc 60

[Simon Tyler]

Does anyone know how to boot an ultra sparc 60 without the use of a
floppy drive or a cd drive?  I know it sounds impossible, however, until
I get hold of a cd drive I can't do anything with it.  I can plug it
into my hub at home which has a pc running Suse Linux, I can't log into
it because the company I bought it from has left their password login on
solaris.  So I just need to format the drive and start again, somehow?

Can anyone suggest anything.  As you've guessed, I'm new to this. 

 

Regards

Simon Tyler