[rescue] SS1000E Solaris support?

[Dave McGuire]

On 6/3/23 05:15, Ethan Hawke via rescue wrote:
> 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

   Dang.

>   the sun4d architecture is very different from sun4m and can't simply 
> be patched to support it.

   Yeah, it's a weird one.  I had initially assumed that it'd run 
SunOS4, due to its use of Mbus processors.  It's one of the few Suns 
from that era that I haven't run, either at home or at work, so I never 
really knew much about it.

   But, we're putting together a nice one at LSSM, and a friend just 
sent us a full load (2GB) of RAM for it.  Ken brought us some SSAs, and 
I found an SSA interface board in one of my old boxes of Sbus cards.

> At least we know for sure, sorry to disappoint.

   Yeah.  Thanks anyway.

              -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA