First, check out
http://saturn.tlug.org/suncdfaq/index.html
Regarding OS's, keep in mind that Sol 7 may not support this machine
(didn't they drop VME support?). Also, Solaris *is* SunOS; SunOS 5.4 is
Solaris 2.4.
The CD does need to be scsi id#6, this is hardcoded into the kernel with
Solaris v2.5 and older.
As far as booting, what you enter at the monitor prompt depends on
*where* on the CD the system for your architecture is. For the 4/330, you
might try >b sd(,18,1) or >b sd(,30,1). Again, check to see that the
version of Solaris that you're trying to boot supports your machine...
Good luck,
Aaron
BTW, of course I did mean 512 bytes instead of 512K in my last post...
On Tue, 28 Mar 2000 Technoid_at_cheta.net wrote:
> You mentioned PROM diags.
>
> The prom recognizes only:
>
> b sd(0,18,0) -- which is to boot the machine from the only hard drive
> which is on controller 0 at id 3!!! What the hell. I understand it needs
> to be set to three but WHY?! Whats the rule? Why is the second argument
> 18? How would I represent then:
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> b sr(x,x,x) if the cdrom was on id6 on the same controller (0) to boot
> cdrom?
>
> Other docs I have seen mention an 'OK' prompt. I get a wedge and
> sometimes a "watchdog" halt to this prompt or I can get the prompt by
> Stop+A. My prompt is more primitive than the OK version I think.
> PROBE-SCSI-ALL does not return anything near what is expected. It gives
> me a memory dump to screen of a few locations. PRO does the same so I
> know it is executing a different command and ignoring or misprocessing
> other chars following the real command.
>
> How do I get a floppy on this box? It has a 150mb scsi tape drive as it's
> only removable io. I am not hurting at all for scsi drives so if I have
> to...
>
> I think you think this machine is running solaris 5.4. It is actually
> SUNOS and still asks for the root password for a maintainence prompt. I
> don't know enough to say they are not really the same product with
> different names though...
>
> THanks a lot for the discussion all. I really appreciate the input.
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