Kevin,
Yes, I think so. Here is what I posted in March:
"""Now it is telling me that I need some non-free firmware, filename
ql2200_fw.bin, and that I should load it from removable media. Does this
firmware matter, and where can I get it? There is something by that name
on the qlogic.com site. I guess it could be for the FibreChannel
interface. OK, ignoring it for now.
After doing 'set up users and passwords' correctly it goes on to
'Configure the clock'. It returns from that immediately without doing
anything. I was hoping to set the timezone.
Now it is doing 'Detecting disks'. Gee, it took a long time on that,
maybe a few minutes. Then it says 'No disk drive was detected' and gives
me a list of drivers to select from. I am guessing now: qla2xxx ... long
pause, then I am back to the list of drivers screen. Try 'qla1280' ...
'qla4xxx' .. help! I think the disk hardware is OK because OpenBSD is
installed and can boot. What can I use for a disk driver? How could I
load the ql2200_fw.bin?
"""
I found ql220_fw.bin in a non-free package, and got a bit further, but
did not get it booted after much trying. I am inclined to connect any
surplus disk just to get it installed temporarily, then debug the driver
problem. Maybe it is an endian problem, I understand drivers on older
Unix systems but not on Debian.
Thanks -- Rick
On 2017-09-07 10:15 AM, Kevin Stabel wrote:
Hi Rick,
Is it qla2200?
Kind Regards,
-Kevin
On Sep 7, 2017 2:18 PM, "Rick Leir" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi all
I am still hoping to get my Sun 2000 (vintage 2002) running with
Debian. The problem was the Qlogic fibrechannel disk driver, so
perhaps I can add in a different disk controller temporarily. What
economical solution would you recommend? Perhaps a USB disk?
By the way, OpenBSD installs fine. I might be able to compare
drivers and fix this bug, but the problem would be much easier to
debug with Debian booting from a SCSI or SATA disk.
Thanks
Rick
