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Rainer Duffner | 2 Jun 2004 22:30
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Solaris 9 on an Ultra 10

Hi,

I've just been given an Ultra10, but it seems I cannot get Solaris9
installed on it.
I get something like this:
# ./W00.findswap

Scanning system disk information...

Searching disks for upgradable Solaris root devices...
./W00.findswap[3]: 322 Segmentation Fault
No Upgradable Solaris root devices were found.

Searching for locations to accommodate a temporary copy of the Solaris
installation software.  Swap slices are usually erased at reboot, so it
is
preferable to place the Solaris installation software on slice labeled
swap.

No swap slices that begin at the first usable cylinder have enough space
to accommodate a temporary copy of the Solaris installation software.

Using a slice that begins at the first usable cylinder allows the most
flexibility during filesystem layout. If you are doing an initial
install and
you are not preserving any filesystems, you can re-partition a disk with
the
swap slice starting at the first usable cylinder.

Would you like to re-partition a disk? [y,n,?,q] y
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Phillip Tong | 3 Jun 2004 13:03
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Solaris 8, 9 or 10 on an Ultra 2

Having just acquired an Ultra 2 with 2x200MHz processors (IIRC they're 
UltraSparc 1), a friend of mine said that Solaris 10 doesn't run on 
UltraSparc 1 CPUs (and I presume anything less than this won't work with 
Solaris 10 as well - this true?).

Is this the case - and if so, what's the main difference that stops 
Solaris 10 working on an UltraSparc 1 CPU but not an UltraSparc 2 CPU?
(Flip side of the coin: if there's a way to make Solaris 10 work on 
UltraSparc 1 CPUs, how?)

Alternately I could go for Solaris 9 - but would need to get a media kit 
since I've only got Solaris 8 10/01 disks which are pretty dated now 
(but still useful).

What do people out there recommend I should use - the Solaris 8 10/01 
release I have, Solaris 9 (whatever the latest media release I can get 
is) or Solaris 10 (if it indeed can run on this machine?). The 
assumption is that I will be patching the OS with the latest patch 
cluster (since it's a new install).

The machine has 2x18GB hard disks and 256MB of RAM currently (may get 
more RAM - but need to find some available to somebody in Sydney, 
Australia). Unless there are really cheap CPUs out there for this 
machine, I won't be upgrading the CPUs in the short term.

TIA,
Phil.

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Rainer Duffner | 3 Jun 2004 00:14
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Re: Solaris 9 on an Ultra 10

Am Mi, 2004-06-02 um 23.50 schrieb David Wolfskill:
> >Subject: Re: [Suns-at-Home] Solaris 9 on an Ultra 10
> >From: Rainer Duffner <rainer <at> ultra-secure.de>
> >To: David Wolfskill <david <at> catwhisker.org>
> >Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 23:44:51 +0200
> 
> >Am Mi, 2004-06-02 um 23.35 schrieb David Wolfskill:
> >> Check your cabling and drive jumpers:  The number of slave devices
> >> on a given IDE/ATA bus must not exceed the number of master devices
> >> on the (same) bus; the number of master devices must not exceed 1.
> 
> >> Or try swapping out the drive, at least enough to see if the install
> >> "sees" the drive.
> 
> >I just got told about probe-ide on irc (funny how "help diag" doesn't
> >list that) - and it doesn't show any drives at all (except for the
> >cdrom):
> 
> Ah.  I knew about probe-scsi & probe-scsi-all, but I haven't done much
> with PCI-based SPARC boxen.
> 
> >ok probe-ide
> >  Device 0  ( Primary Master ) 
> >         Not Present
> 
> >  Device 1  ( Primary Slave ) 
> >         Not Present
> 
> >  Device 2  ( Secondary Master ) 
> >         Removable ATAPI Model: CRD-8322B
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Phillip Tong | 3 Jun 2004 12:55
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Re: Solaris 9 on an Ultra 10

Rainer Duffner wrote:
> I've just been given an Ultra10, but it seems I cannot get Solaris9 
> installed on it. I get something like this: # ./W00.findswap
{cut}
> How can I check if the hard-disks were recognized by the machine at
> all ? I don't have the SUN-Keyboard ATM, so I do all this through the
> serial console.

If my memory serves me correctly, 'probe-ide' at the ok prompt should 
work (since the hard disk is IDE).

> Also, can I just plug-in a normal PCI-SCSI-controller or would I need
> a special one that is compatible with the SPARC-firmware ?

I think it needs to be something that's OBP compatible - but has anybody 
had any luck with a regular PCI SCSI card?

Phil.

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Angus | 3 Jun 2004 17:28
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Re: Solaris 9 on an Ultra 10


On 3 Jun 2004, at 11:55 am, Phillip Tong wrote:
>
>
>> Also, can I just plug-in a normal PCI-SCSI-controller or would I need
>> a special one that is compatible with the SPARC-firmware ?
>
> I think it needs to be something that's OBP compatible - but has 
> anybody had any luck with a regular PCI SCSI card?
>
> Phil.
>

I bought a Symbios on ebay for a few pounds in the UK. It was a 
SYM22801 which just worked on reboot on Solaris 9 on my Ultra 10
I had no problems setting up Solaris but then I did have a 120GB IDE 
hard disk.

I wrote up some notes at my website www.sparc.co.uk - the install notes 
are out of date and for Solaris 8 but there might be other Ultra 10 
specifics there.

If you need anything specific feel free to give me a shout off list.

Angus

U10, 440, Sol 9, Elite3d.
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Rainer Duffner | 3 Jun 2004 19:25
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Re: Solaris 9 on an Ultra 10

Am Do, 2004-06-03 um 12.55 schrieb Phillip Tong:
> Rainer Duffner wrote:
> > I've just been given an Ultra10, but it seems I cannot get Solaris9 
> > installed on it. I get something like this: # ./W00.findswap
> {cut}
> > How can I check if the hard-disks were recognized by the machine at
> > all ? I don't have the SUN-Keyboard ATM, so I do all this through the
> > serial console.
> 
> If my memory serves me correctly, 'probe-ide' at the ok prompt should 
> work (since the hard disk is IDE).

I now found out that apparently, the IDE-disks are not detected.
A 40 GB maxtor seems to be recognized:

ok probe-ide
  Device 0  ( Primary Master ) 
          ATA Model: Maxtor 34098H4                          

  Device 1  ( Primary Slave ) 
         Not Present

  Device 2  ( Secondary Master ) 
         Removable ATAPI Model: CRD-8322B                               

  Device 3  ( Secondary Slave ) 
         Not Present

This U10 is a real "PC" in that it seems very difficult to dis-assemble.
They must have hired someone from Compaq to design it ;-)
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Angus | 3 Jun 2004 22:39
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Re: Solaris 9 on an Ultra 10


On 3 Jun 2004, at 6:25 pm, Rainer Duffner wrote:

>
> This U10 is a real "PC" in that it seems very difficult to 
> dis-assemble.
> They must have hired someone from Compaq to design it ;-)

Mitac would be nearer check out the PSU :-)

Angus
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kKannemann | 3 Jun 2004 21:56
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Ultra 10 IDE Bus

Good day to all,

	the IDE bus on the ULTRA-10 is somewhat tricky, must be correctly
configured before your devices are detected. 

First, as usual, there must be no master-slave conflict on the same bus (0, 1),
so check your jumpers. Also avoid cable select. 
Next, to detect a slave, the master must be present!

Finally, if you want to boot from CDROM, as with Solaris install, the CD drive
must be master on the second (1) bus! Incidentally in this connection, the
Express Solaris-10 installs quite nicely on the ULTRA-10.

Good luck. K.K.

http://www3.sympatico.ca/kkanne/khome.htm

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Subject: Re: [Suns-at-Home] Solaris 9 on an Ultra 10

Am Do, 2004-06-03 um 12.55 schrieb Phillip Tong:
> Rainer Duffner wrote:
> > I've just been given an Ultra10, but it seems I cannot get Solaris9 
> > installed on it. I get something like this: # ./W00.findswap
> {cut}
> > How can I check if the hard-disks were recognized by the machine at
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Rainer Duffner | 4 Jun 2004 00:38
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Re: Ultra 10 IDE Bus

Am Do, 2004-06-03 um 21.56 schrieb kKannemann:
> Good day to all,
> 
> 	the IDE bus on the ULTRA-10 is somewhat tricky, must be correctly
> configured before your devices are detected. 
> 

Seems to be, yes.
At least the first HD is now detected (swapping a jumper).
But it's only 4 GB ;-)
I think I'll go and try to get a supported SCSI-controller on ebay.
That way, I can put my surplus UW-drives to use - and it's probably
faster than IDE.

ISTR that the U10 doesn't do DMA.

Rainer
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Doom Warrior | 6 Jun 2004 16:48
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SuperSparc II Whitepapers

Hi

I search for whitepapers/datasheets of the SuperSparc II in the internet, but couldn't find anything.
Only death links to www.sun.com. Could anybody help me out, with a link or the pdfs :)
I have a whitepaper for the SuperSparc I, but there are no infos about the II.

Would be great.

Thanks
Stephan aka Doom ;D

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