[rescue] SPARCstation 1 boot woes

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> Nowdays if I still had SPARC gear I'd try NetBSD,

sparc is a very old port, so it should be well-supported (and if it
isn't these days then it should be well-supported if you drop back to
an old version).  NetBSD is what I run on all my SPARCs (indeed, all my
own machines).

>> From you symptoms description though, I'd be inclined to suspect the
>> hardware like you were earlier.  That is, if the system goes
>> unresponsive shortly after the power on banner, it doesn't sound
>> like it's getting as far as running any OS bits (whether SunOS or
>> other).

That was my thought on seeing that description too: this sounds as
though it's failing while still doing the POST selftest.

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