SUN tape drive was RE: Sun 1 question

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Thu Apr 22 20:25:45 1999

Thanks for the tip Chuck. I'll check it when I have time (no really!)

   Joe

At 04:54 PM 4/22/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Most common SPARC death cause is NVRAM battery failure. The most
>interesting way this manifests itself is that the Sparcstation forgets what
>architecture it is because it doesn't have a valid host id. See the SPARC
>NVRAM FAQ for details on fixing this.
>
>--Chuck
>
>At 07:14 PM 4/22/99 +0000, you wrote:
>>Aaron,
>>
>> It boots to the monitor prompt just fine but it won't boot from the hard
>>drive. It may have been set up to boot from a LAN and just use the hard
>>drive for local storage. I don't know enough about SUNs to know how to
tell.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>At 09:13 AM 4/22/99 -0700, you wrote:
>>>What do you need to get the IPC going? I've got a bunch of "extra" Sun
>>>stuff around, so maybe I can help you get it going.
>>>
>>>Or is it something more like non-functioning hardware? Does it boot to the
>>>monitor prompt?
>>>
>>>Aaron
>>>
>>>On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Joe wrote:
>>>
>>>> Aaron,
>>>>
>>>> Got it open. It has a Exabyte EXB-8505 drive in it. Don't know what
>>>> I'll use it for. I haven't even been able to get my SUN IPC to boot yet.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the help.
>>>> Joe
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
Received on Thu Apr 22 1999 - 20:25:45 BST