Anyone interested in a SunFire V240?

Hello! Is anyone interested in a SunFire V240? I would like to sell mine around $200. It contains an SCSI-s 4x 10k rpm Cheetah drive array. Also a Sun X6758A PCI Dual Ultra3 SCSI Host Adapter too. The machine switches on, but we did not have a serial cable and serial ports on another machine

Re: How can i boot *anything* on Sun Blade 100?

I see. I already grabbed the original cables and after swapping them i connected it to the motherboard by the correct way. I'm still looking for my serial cable... John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> írta: >On 04/10/2017 09:03 PM, transmail wrote: >> So,

Solaris crash?

I did let Solaris chew on the DVD and after some minutes it printed the copyrights, but after that it begun to endlessly omit this line on the console: [AFT0] Softerror: mem_ce_simm[] out of space.

Re: How can i boot *anything* on Sun Blade 100?

nd let us >know.On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 7:37 PM, transmail transm...@freemail.hu> wrote:I >see, so it can go for a while, even if it does not connected properly. Good to >know. > >I replaced the 80 pin cables to 40 pin ones. Does it matter for the 40 pin >one, how

Re: How can i boot *anything* on Sun Blade 100?

: http://support.seagate.com/kbimg/3050-2.jpgPlease try it and let us >know.On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 7:37 PM, transmail transm...@freemail.hu> wrote:I >see, so it can go for a while, even if it does not connected properly. Good to >know. > >I replaced the 80 pin cables to 40 pin

Re: How can i boot *anything* on Sun Blade 100?

t crashed with the cabling being messed up. > >Frans is absolutely right. Unless you connect the cable properly, don't be >surprised by obscure crashes or hangs. > >Adrian > >> On Apr 10, 2017, at 7:25 PM, transmail <transm...@freemail.hu> wrote: >> >

Re: How can i boot *anything* on Sun Blade 100?

try to mount it, then it tells me, the file does not exists. And i have no idea how can i start the network from there. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> írta: >On 04/10/2017 05:43 PM, transmail wrote: >> I already moved it there, but until the SSD was o

Re: How can i boot *anything* on Sun Blade 100?

an Berckel <fberc...@xs4all.nl> írta: >On Mon, 2017-04-10 at 19:09 +0200, transmail wrote: >> And which cable is correct for this machine? Because now "boot cdrom" >> works with 80 pin too. >> >> It's impossible to plug the blue connector to the motherboard.

Re: How can i boot *anything* on Sun Blade 100?

lave on 40 pin cables, cable select >preferred on 80 pin cables.For the console ...You will need to set your >output-device and input-device via setenv to switch the console to serial.On >Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 5:45 PM, transmail transm...@freemail.hu> wrote:Ok, >ill get a serial cab

Re: How can i boot *anything* on Sun Blade 100?

serial cable after "boot cdrom" ? John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> írta: >On 04/10/2017 03:40 PM, transmail wrote: >> I think, it was the SSD which confused the system. Now as SSD is alone on >> the secondary >> channel and on the prima

Re: How can i boot *anything* on Sun Blade 100?

/E19127-01/blade100.ws/806-3416-10/806-3416-10.pdfPlease > reference sections 6.2.5 and 6.2.6You might not think this matters on these >machines, but it does.On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 3:47 PM, John Paul Adrian >Glaubitz glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:On 04/10/2017 03:40 PM, transmai

Re: How can i boot *anything* on Sun Blade 100?

ot procedure. Kevin Stabel <kevin.sta...@gmail.com> írta: >Thats wrong.It should be set to slave or CSOn Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 2:13 >PM, transmail transm...@freemail.hu> wrote:Nope, its the primary master. > >Hartwig Atrops hartwig.atr...@arcor.de> írta: >>Hi. >

Re: How can i boot *anything* on Sun Blade 100?

rk correctly with 80 pin cables.On Mon, Apr >10, 2017 at 2:18 PM, transmail transm...@freemail.hu> wrote:The setup seems >fine: http://oscomp.hu/depot/probe-ide.jpg >How should i setup the CS jumpers with a layout like this? >The cables are 80 pinned. Should i replace them to 40 pin

Re: How can i boot *anything* on Sun Blade 100?

e machine, but if it is a >non-UDMA controller, it will not work correctly with 80 pin cables.On Mon, Apr >10, 2017 at 2:18 PM, transmail transm...@freemail.hu> wrote:The setup seems >fine: http://oscomp.hu/depot/probe-ide.jpg >How should i setup the CS jumpers with a layout like

Re: How can i boot *anything* on Sun Blade 100?

gt;I dont know what originally came with the machine, but if it is a >non-UDMA controller, it will not work correctly with 80 pin cables.On Mon, Apr >10, 2017 at 2:18 PM, transmail transm...@freemail.hu> wrote:The setup seems >fine: http://oscomp.hu/depot/probe-ide.jpg >How should i

Re: How can i boot *anything* on Sun Blade 100?

It should be set to slave or CSOn Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 2:13 >PM, transmail transm...@freemail.hu> wrote:Nope, its the primary master. > >Hartwig Atrops hartwig.atr...@arcor.de> írta: >>Hi. >> >>On Sunday 09 April 2017 22:12:52 transmail wrote: >>> Can anyone

Re: Sun Blade 100, problems with DVD drive

le amount of time to install Solaris 10. > >Gasha > >On 04/09/2017 07:56 PM, transmail wrote: >> You were right, DVD+RW is not supported by this drive. >> However CD-RW is and still, i cannot boot up neither FreeBSD 11, nor Debian >> 9. Any idea why? >> (Hitac

Re: How can i boot *anything* on Sun Blade 100?

The jumpers are fine and i believe the cables are too. Here is the result of "probe-ide": http://oscomp.hu/depot/probe-ide.jpg John Paul Adrian Glaubitz írta: >On 04/10/2017 09:44 AM, Hartwig Atrops wrote: >> Just out of my head, my Blade 100's are not

Re: How can i boot *anything* on Sun Blade 100?

Nope, it's the primary master. Hartwig Atrops <hartwig.atr...@arcor.de> írta: >Hi. > >On Sunday 09 April 2017 22:12:52 transmail wrote: >> Can anyone help me on this matter? No matter what i'm trying, i cannot boot >> anything on my machine. I've tried Solaris, L

How can i boot *anything* on Sun Blade 100?

Can anyone help me on this matter? No matter what i'm trying, i cannot boot anything on my machine. I've tried Solaris, Linux and FreeBSD. It always tells me, it "cannot read disk label", "cannot read disk label package" and "cannot open boot device". If i try to "show-disks", selecting the

Re: Sun Blade 100, problems with DVD drive

ou do mind the cost, >you could try to look up what your drive supports.On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 5:11 >PM, transmail transm...@freemail.hu> wrote:Yes, it is. Its a DVD+RW. And >both the FreeBSD and Debian CD-s i tried to boot up were CD-RW. Should i try >CD-R and DVD-R? > >K

Re: booting up Debian 9 on Sun Blade 100

If yes, then please tell me how can i do that. Mark Morgan Lloyd <markmll.debian-sp...@telemetry.co.uk> írta: >On 09/04/17 17:00, Frans van Berckel wrote: >> On Sun, 2017-04-09 at 16:52 +0200, transmail wrote: >>> How can i boot up the Debian 9 netinstaller on my Sun Bla

Re: Sun Blade 100, problems with DVD drive

dont mind the cost of one disc, you could.If you do mind the cost, >you could try to look up what your drive supports.On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 5:11 >PM, transmail transm...@freemail.hu> wrote:Yes, it is. Its a DVD+RW. And >both the FreeBSD and Debian CD-s i tried to boot up were CD-RW. Should i

Re: Sun Blade 100, problems with DVD drive

ere:  >https://pc.net/helpcenter/answers/different_dvd_r_formatsOn Sun, Apr 9, 2017 >at 4:51 PM, transmail transm...@freemail.hu> wrote:Ive tried to set >auto-boot? to false but its still ejecting my Solaris DVD. What can cause >this? > >Mark Morgan Lloyd markmll.debian-sp...@

booting up Debian 9 on Sun Blade 100

How can i boot up the Debian 9 netinstaller on my Sun Blade 100? Is there any manuals/tutorials about installing Debian on a Sparc machine?

Re: Sun Blade 100, problems with DVD drive

Both medium was OK on my x86 Linux box. I tried to run Debian 9 Sparc64 by "boot cdrom", but also no avail. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> írta: >On 04/08/2017 10:32 PM, transmail wrote: >> I guess, i'm doing something wrong again, but i have

Re: Sun Blade 100, problems with DVD drive

I just wrote the ISO out. Mark Morgan Lloyd <markmll.debian-sp...@telemetry.co.uk> írta: >On 08/04/17 21:00, transmail wrote: >> I tried to boot up Solaris 10 from my Blade 100, but when i insert the DVD, >> the drive spins up, tries to do something, then ejects

Sun Blade 100, problems with DVD drive

I tried to boot up Solaris 10 from my Blade 100, but when i insert the DVD, the drive spins up, tries to do something, then ejects itself. If i instert the FreeBSD 11 CD, then it does not eject automatically, but when i tell "boot cdrom", it tells me, that it "cannot read disk label", the

Re: Sun Blade 100 dead?

I suspected, but it was better to ask and be sure. Romain Dolbeau <rom...@dolbeau.org> írta: >2017-04-07 18:41 GMT+02:00 transmail <transm...@freemail.hu>: >> Maybe i don't get it, but if we stop the clock, then we must set the time at >> every boot? > >Yes, but

Re: Sun Blade 100 dead?

Maybe i don't get it, but if we stop the clock, then we must set the time at every boot? Why the clock should be stopped then? Romain Dolbeau írta: >2017-04-07 17:52 GMT+02:00 Mark Morgan Lloyd >: >> Any half-decent system designer

Re: Sun Blade 100 dead?

This is it, isn't it? http://cmheong.tripod.com/work/mk48t02.html I haven't found a chip like this on my motherboard. Where it is? Mark Morgan Lloyd <markmll.debian-sp...@telemetry.co.uk> írta: >On 07/04/17 13:18, transmail wrote: >> I see. And where is that battery exac

Re: Sun Blade 100 dead?

I see. And where is that battery exactly? I only see the standard CR2032. Is it that big green/black box near the CPU fan's power supply connector? Mark Morgan Lloyd <markmll.debian-sp...@telemetry.co.uk> írta: >On 07/04/17 11:30, transmail wrote: >> I tried to reset the NVRAM, &

Re: watch OBP through XVR-500

Yes! That did it, it enlisted the devices, i selected the XVR-500 and then told "setenv output-device ^Y" and then rebooted the machine. Now, it outputs via the XVR! Many thanks man! Frans van Berckel <fberc...@xs4all.nl> írta: >On Fri, 2017-04-07 at 12:15 +02

Re: Sun Blade 100 dead?

06:56 PM, transmail wrote: >> I just got my Sun 6 USB keyboard, so finally i could try my Sun Blade 100. >> However, i cannot enter OBP. The machine seems to be alive: after the power >> button is pressed, the LED goes green, a short beep emitted, the LED flashes >> five times an

Re: Sun Blade 100 dead?

a mouse, i did not plug the converted USB from the KVM, so the KVM thought that there is no machine there. It somehow transmitted the signal to make the monitor alive, but did not transmitted the image. Mark Morgan Lloyd <markmll.debian-sp...@telemetry.co.uk> írta: >On 07/04/17 10:00, tran

watch OBP through XVR-500

Is there a way to force the video output of the machine through the XVR-500? Currently i only get the picture, if i plug the VGA into the MB's video output. Or the XVR-500 can only be used by the installed operating systems, so i have to install them using the MB's video out and then plug the

Re: Sun Blade 100 dead?

Okay, i figured it out: I was so lame, i simply did not connected the PS/2 keyboard/mouse to the machine (i thought the SUN keyboard will be enough), so the KVM did not shown the image... I was such a noob, sorry for wasting your time. transmail <transm...@freemail.hu> írta: >Hi! > &g

Re: Sun Blade 100 dead?

What kind of display problem can it be? If i put an XVR-500 into it, then i'll get a screen? And what is that known I/O chipset problem? Can i repair it by replacing a chip? Mark Morgan Lloyd <markmll.debian-sp...@telemetry.co.uk> írta: >On 06/04/17 17:30, transmail wrote: >> H

Re: Sun Blade 100 dead?

12:56:57 PM EDT, >transmail wrote: >Hi!I just got my Sun 6 USB keyboard, so finally i could try my Sun Blade >100.However, i cannot enter OBP. The machine seems to be alive: after the >power button is pressed, the LED goes green, a short beep emitted, the LED >flash

Sun Blade 100 dead?

Hi! I just got my Sun 6 USB keyboard, so finally i could try my Sun Blade 100. However, i cannot enter OBP. The machine seems to be alive: after the power button is pressed, the LED goes green, a short beep emitted, the LED flashes five times and then remains on and the monitor switches on (but

Re: XVR500 and SysVInit

> Most of the other init systems arent actually maintained either. Upstart > was dropped by Canonical and OpenRC and runit are merely moving along. > Its > just too much of a big effort trying to keep up when the rest of the Linux > plumberland is moving so quickly. Most of them? Then there are

Re: XVR500 and SysVInit

> Compiling a package from source is not maintaining it. Maintaining a package > means that there is someone who is looking after bugs and regressions and > fixing them. I have never said i am gonna maintain it. I just want to install and use it. > There is no maintainer for sysvinit anymore

Re: XVR500 and SysVInit

Hi! Okay, thanks for warning me. If the binary support will be dropped, then i can still compile it manually. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> írta: >Hello! > >On 12/21/2016 08:02 PM, transmail wrote: >> Thanks, that sounds great. I also dont want

Re: XVR500 and SysVInit

Thanks, that sounds great. I also dont want to start to argue, i just asked, if i have the choice. If youre curious about the reasons behind the "hate", then visit without-systemd.org. James Clarke <jrt...@jrtc27.com> írta: >Hi, >> >> On 21 Dec 2016, at 13:36, t

XVR500 and SysVInit

Hi. I just would like to know, if the Sparc64 port of Debian 9 will support my XVR500 card in my Sun Blade 100 and also i would like to know, that if there will be SysVInit in the binary repos, so i can just replace systemd with SysVInit. - TCH