Re: Sun 220R, cdrom problem
For the archives (until Sun moves things around again)... On 2006.02.12, at 7:50 PM, Brad wrote: I just thought I should point out the fact that some Sun systems need firmware updates. The 220R specifically needed an update on the system that was used for the initial OpenBSD/sparc64 port, I do not know the details as to why that was necessary. Unfortunately with the change in licensing of Solaris and the way Sun supports Solaris and their systems you can no longer download these updates from the SunSolve FTP site without a support contract. I do not know if its possible to find these updates elsewhere. It seems that the patches for these machines are still publically available. I patched a U60 recently and found this: ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/ Since it is a large list of patches, here are links to the latest versions available at that ftp for the OpenBSD supported machines: Blade 100/150 79 ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/79-10.zip ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/79-10.README Enterprise 220R 106455 ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/106455-11.tar.Z ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/106455-11.README Enterprise 250 106503 ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/106503-09.tar.Z ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/106503-09.README Enterprise 420R 109082 ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/109082-05.zip ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/109082-05.README Enterprise 450 106122 ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/106122-11.tar.Z ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/106122-11.README Enterprise 3x00/4x00/5x00/6x00 103346 ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/103346-30.tar.Z ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/103346-30.README Netra T1 200111991 ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/111991-07.zip ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/111991-07.README Netra X1111952 ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/111952-03.zip ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/111952-03.README Ultra 1 104881 ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/104881-09.tar.Z ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/104881-09.README Ultra 1E104288 ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/104288-09.tar.Z ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/104288-09.README Ultra 2 104169 ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/104169-08.tar.Z ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/104169-08.README Ultra 5/10 106121 ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/106121-18.zip ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/106121-18.README Ultra 30105930 ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/105930-06.tar.Z ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/105930-06.README Ultra 60106455 ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/106455-11.tar.Z ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/106455-11.README Ultra 80109082 ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/109082-05.zip ftp://patches.sun.com/patchroot/all_unsigned/109082-05.README Shane J Pearson
Re: Sun 220R, cdrom problem
Greetings Earthlings... Ok I ended up putting another 220R in the rack and trying that out. Booted straight away, and has an earlier version of the firmware/openboot. I think the problem was a busted/faulty scsi controller or something.. because booting either disk0 or cdrom never ever came up with any errors, it always hung. But on the other E220R, it just says 'The file just loaded does not appear to be executable' or some such. So yep. Anyhow, OpenBSD still does not boot up properly on it (stops somewhere after talking about rootdevices or some such ), but thats another story, and I will upgrade the firmware first. Cheers, Josh.
Re: Sun 220R, cdrom problem
The thing about that though, is it assumes I already have a working system.. eg, solaris is already installed. Any ways around this? On Sunday 12 February 2006 23:13, you wrote: Brad wrote: Hi, I just thought I should point out the fact that some Sun systems need firmware updates. The 220R specifically needed an update on the system that was used for the initial OpenBSD/sparc64 port, I do not know the details as to why that was necessary. Unfortunately with the change in licensing of Solaris and the way Sun supports Solaris and their systems you can no longer download these updates from the SunSolve FTP site without a support contract. I do not know if its possible to find these updates elsewhere. For a system in http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/ follow the Flash PROM Patch that is located in the Quick Facts box. /Sigfred
Re: Sun 220R, cdrom problem
On 14/02/2006, at 2:24 PM, Joshua Sandbrook wrote: The thing about that though, is it assumes I already have a working system.. eg, solaris is already installed. Any ways around this? I remember migrating an ultra 10 from solaris to openbsd onto the swap partition of the solaris install, and then telling openfirmware to boot from that. lemme check... uh, yeah. this is mentioned toward the bottom of http:// www.openbsd.org/sparc64.html#install in the Miniroot section. the install notes probably expand on it a bit more. dlg
Re: Sun 220R, cdrom problem
Hi, I just thought I should point out the fact that some Sun systems need firmware updates. The 220R specifically needed an update on the system that was used for the initial OpenBSD/sparc64 port, I do not know the details as to why that was necessary. Unfortunately with the change in licensing of Solaris and the way Sun supports Solaris and their systems you can no longer download these updates from the SunSolve FTP site without a support contract. I do not know if its possible to find these updates elsewhere. From INSTALL.sparc64... Updating your firmware: --- If OpenBSD does not boot or install properly on your machine, it might need a firmware update. Updating your firmware is a dangerous operation which may damage your hardware. Be sure to carefully follow these instructions and, if in doubt, please don't do this. You will need to have a working operating system installed on your machine, in order to perform the update. If this is not the case, you might be able to boot the flash updater software via network, but this has not been tested and is not supported by Sun. The firmware update is delivered as a specific patch, depending on your machine: Machine Patch number Blade 100/150 79 Enterprise 220R 106455 Enterprise 250 106503 Enterprise 420R 109082 Enterprise 450 106122 Enterprise 3x00/4x00/5x00/6x00 103346 Netra T1 200111991 Netra X1111952 Ultra 1 104881 Ultra 1E104288 Ultra 2 104169 Ultra 5/10 106121 Ultra 30105930 Ultra 60106455 Ultra 80109082 Get the patch installation notes from SunSolve, as ftp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub/patches/104169.readme (replace 104169 with the correct patch number). Check the Patch-ID# line in this readme file to get the patch filename, for example 104169-08. The patch filename will then be either ftp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub/patches/104169-08.tar.Z or ftp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub/patches/104169-08.zip Follow the patch installation notes very carefully. You will need to open your machine in order to apply this patch.
