Re: qlogic fibrechannel
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" <rl...@leirtech.com <mailto:rl...@leirtech.com>> 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
Re: qlogic fibrechannel
Hi Rick, Is it qla2200? Kind Regards, -Kevin On Sep 7, 2017 2:18 PM, "Rick Leir" <rl...@leirtech.com> 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 > > More Oracle analysis: > https://meshedinsights.com/2017/09/03/oracle-finally-killed-sun/ > > -- > Sorry for being brief. Alternate email is rickleir at yahoo dot com
Re: qlogic fibrechannel
On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Rick Leir <rl...@leirtech.com> 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? solaris 10 and solaris 11 lists sun blade 2000 as supported system, so you can choose disk controller for your disks using solaris 10 / solaris 11 HCL [1] query page for "disk controller" [2] , and try to find out does your choosen controller would be supported by linux kernel 4.12 (latest debian unstable / sid kernel), should be quite cheap on "IT flea market" or on ebay... 1. http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/hcl/data/sol/index.html 2. http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/hcl/data/sol/components/views/disk_controller_all_results.page1.html
Re: qlogic fibrechannel
On 09/07/2017 02:17 PM, Rick Leir wrote: More Oracle analysis: https://meshedinsights.com/2017/09/03/oracle-finally-killed-sun/ Please don't post these things here anymore, those become very annoying. Oracle hasn't made any official statements yet, so any discussion regarding this is pure speculation and doesn't help anyone. Thank you! Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: qlogic fibrechannel
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 More Oracle analysis: https://meshedinsights.com/2017/09/03/oracle-finally-killed-sun/ -- Sorry for being brief. Alternate email is rickleir at yahoo dot com
