[Wlug] Problems with a Sparc ULTRA1

[Eric Martin]

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The cover is really easy to unscrew.  There are two screws in the back
with arrows pointing to them.  They are spring loaded and retained so
don't worry about loosing them.  Cover is removed in an upwards fashion
and you'll need a flatblade screwdriver to pry off the access panel
(really easy) for the hard drives.  Also the OBP (OpenBoot PROM)
reference is good:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-sparc-obpreference.xml

Eric
ken jones wrote:
> Thanks everybody :-)
> 
> This is my second Sparc.  I have another ULTRA1 that has been  running Aurora 
> 1.0 for a couple years with no none zero nota problem.  I still have the five CD 
> .iso set from which I loaded this Aurora.
> 
> Andy, thank you for the gentoo sparc WEB site.  I had not found it.  It suggests 
> that sda4 might not be the boot partition.  However my good machine and my 
> broken machine both use sda4 as the /boot.
> 
> This machine has two scsi hard drives.  Might it be wise for me to figure out 
> which on is 'broken" and remove it?  It could be the disk itself.  It could be 
> the SCSI driver.  It could be the DMA system.  Trouble is I have never unscrewed 
> the Sparc cover.  Oh, dear....
> 
> Thank you all for your support.
> 
> Alan Riccardo suggested that I use a cross over cable and the equivalent of 
> HyperTerminal so at least I could capture the messages as they fly up the 
> screen.  That is a great idea.  Now to find where I put that old cross over 
> cable.....
> 
> Ken Jones
> 
> 
> 
> Andy Stewart wrote:
> Keith Wright wrote:
>   
>>>>> From: ken jones <kjones at ziplink.net>
>>>>>
>>>>> I just acquired by second Sparc ULTRA1 Creator.
>>>>>       
>>>> What is that, a CD?
>>>>     
> 
> If I recall correctly, the Sparc Ultra1 Creator is a desktop system
> manufactured by Sun Microsystems.  Its processor is not an x86
> architecture, but it is the Sparc architecture.
> 
> 
> 
>   
>>>>> It does not boot.
>>>>> I've tried booting from my aurora 1.0 iso disk set.  No luck.
>>>>> I've tried booting from my just out of the envelope GENTOO disk.  No luck.
>>>>>       
>>>> Gee, it sounds like things don't boot.
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>       
> 
> I found this website, but perhaps you've already been here:
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-sparc.xml
> 
> I also recall that SuSE Linux had a version for Sparc a long time ago.
> I've used it.  I think it was version 7.x but I'm not sure.  Perhaps you
> can still get this CD.
> 
>   
>>>> No.  But carry on.  We're rooting for you.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a ROM setup program that you
>>>> can get into before booting?
>>>>     
> 
> I thought there was a magical sequence of commands to type at the
> OpenBoot prompt.  My memory is very vague since its been a long time
> since I've done this.
> 
> Here's another URL which may help:
> http://www.linux.com/howtos/SPARC-HOWTO-12.shtml
> 
> One last thing.  I did a quick Google and found this tidbit about
> properly burning the CD.  Perhaps it will be helpful.
> 
> http://lists.suse.com/archives/suse-sparc/2001-Mar/0146.html
> 
> I'm sorry that I couldn't have been more help, but hopefully these will
> point you in the right direction.
> 
> Good luck, and keep us posted.
> 
> Andy
> 
>>
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