This has been on my TODO list for years, so it's a good way to start off the new year. I have a Sun 3/60 with 24MB and CG4 video which I've been meaning to set up as a diskless client from my Linux server. Until I get a keyboard adapter cobbled together for a Type 4 keyboard, I'm using a serial console. Diagnostics all check out from the PROM. There's a document floating around which describes one user's efforts to netboot his 3/60: http://sites.inka.de/pcde/help/sunos_network_boot.html I used that as a starting point, but it was written in 2004 so there are additional steps required. For one thing, bootparamd is no longer included in Fedora Linux (since FC25), so I had to make some changes to the FC24 SRPM for bootparamd to get it compiled and repackaged for FC28. Also, FC28 by default has NFS version 2 disabled so you have to change options in /etc/nfs.conf to enable UDP and version 2. Here's the console log of it booting SunOS 4.1.1: Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boot: le(0,0,0) Booting from tftp server at 192.168.202.1 = C0A8CA01 Downloaded 101800 bytes from tftp server. Using IP Address 192.168.202.104 = C0A8CA68 hostname: sun360 domainname: (none) server name '192.168.202.1' root pathname '/export/root/sun360' root on 192.168.202.1:/export/root/sun360 fstype nfs Boot: vmunix Size: 893160+189568+202104 bytes SunOS Release 4.1.1 (GENERIC) #1: Sat Oct 13 06:05:48 PDT 1990 Copyright (c) 1983-1990, Sun Microsystems, Inc. mem = 24576K (0x1800000) avail mem = 23486464 Ethernet address = 8:0:20:0:56:5 si0 at obio 0x140000 pri 2 st0 at si0 slave 32 st1 at si0 slave 40 st2 at si0 slave 24 st3 at si0 slave 16 sr0 at si0 slave 48 sd0 at si0 slave 0 sd1 at si0 slave 1 sd2 at si0 slave 8 sd3 at si0 slave 9 sd4 at si0 slave 16 sd6 at si0 slave 24 zs0 at obio 0x20000 pri 3 zs1 at obio 0x0 pri 3 le0 at obio 0x120000 pri 3 cgfour0 at obmem 0xff300000 pri 4 bwtwo0 at obmem 0xff000000 pri 4 bwtwo0: resolution 1152 x 900 bwtwo1 at obmem 0xff400000 bwtwo1: resolution 1152 x 900 hostname: sun360 domainname: (none) root on 192.168.202.1:/export/root/sun360 fstype nfs swap on 192.168.202.1:/export/swap/sun360 fstype nfs size 62500K dump on 192.168.202.1:/export/swap/sun360 fstype nfs size 62472K checking filesystems Automatic reboot in progress... Fri Jan 4 03:46:34 GMT 2019 checking quotas: done. starting rpc and net services: portmap keyserv. mount -vat nfs mount: 192.168.202.1:/export/exec/sun3.sunos.4.1.1 already mounted mount: 192.168.202.1:/export/exec/kvm/sun3.sunos.4.1.1 already mounted 192.168.202.1:/export/home mounted on /home starting additional services: biod. starting system logger starting local daemons: auditd sendmail statd lockd. link-editor directory cache preserving editor files clearing /tmp standard daemons: update cron uucp. starting network daemons: inetd printer. Fri Jan 4 03:47:01 GMT 2019 sun360 login: root Jan 4 03:47:11 sun360 login: ROOT LOGIN console Last login: Fri Jan 4 03:31:46 on console SunOS Release 4.1.1 (GENERIC) #1: Sat Oct 13 06:05:48 PDT 1990 sun360# date Thu Jan 3 22:47:22 EST 2019 sun360# ifconfig -a le0: flags=63<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING> inet 192.168.202.104 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.202.0 ether 8:0:20:0:56:5 lo0: flags=49<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 sun360#
On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 11:35 PM Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
This has been on my TODO list for years, so it's a good way to start off the new year. I have a Sun 3/60 with 24MB and CG4 video which I've been meaning to set up as a diskless client from my Linux server.
Nicely done! I also have a Sun 3/60 that's a long-term project.
Until I get a keyboard adapter cobbled together for a Type 4 keyboard, I'm using a serial console.
I managed to score a Type 3 keyboard last year. Somewhere I have a Type 3 Optical Mouse (with the modular jack) somewhere, but I will probably have to fashion a Type 4 adapter to get a working mouse.
There's a document floating around which describes one user's efforts to netboot his 3/60:
Handy. Thanks!
I used that as a starting point, but it was written in 2004 so there are additional steps required. For one thing, bootparamd is no longer included in Fedora Linux (since FC25), so I had to make some changes to the FC24 SRPM for bootparamd to get it compiled and repackaged for FC28. Also, FC28 by default has NFS version 2 disabled so you have to change options in /etc/nfs.conf to enable UDP and version 2.
Very good to know. I'm not much of a Fedora user (I lean towards RHEL/CentOS for large boxes and Mint for laptops) but it's handy to know what's missing or turned off these days. Thanks for sharing! -ethan
Please look at this: https://github.com/halfmanhalftaco/sunboot <https://github.com/halfmanhalftaco/sunboot> I've used his irixboot project to boot and install about 4 different SGI boxes with 3 versions of IRIX. I've been meaning to use this for a sun but haven't gotten around to it. You should try that for netbooting via serial. -andy
On Jan 3, 2019, at 11:55 PM, Ethan Dicks via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 11:35 PM Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
This has been on my TODO list for years, so it's a good way to start off the new year. I have a Sun 3/60 with 24MB and CG4 video which I've been meaning to set up as a diskless client from my Linux server.
Nicely done! I also have a Sun 3/60 that's a long-term project.
Until I get a keyboard adapter cobbled together for a Type 4 keyboard, I'm using a serial console.
I managed to score a Type 3 keyboard last year. Somewhere I have a Type 3 Optical Mouse (with the modular jack) somewhere, but I will probably have to fashion a Type 4 adapter to get a working mouse.
There's a document floating around which describes one user's efforts to netboot his 3/60:
Handy. Thanks!
I used that as a starting point, but it was written in 2004 so there are additional steps required. For one thing, bootparamd is no longer included in Fedora Linux (since FC25), so I had to make some changes to the FC24 SRPM for bootparamd to get it compiled and repackaged for FC28. Also, FC28 by default has NFS version 2 disabled so you have to change options in /etc/nfs.conf to enable UDP and version 2.
Very good to know. I'm not much of a Fedora user (I lean towards RHEL/CentOS for large boxes and Mint for laptops) but it's handy to know what's missing or turned off these days.
Thanks for sharing!
-ethan
Thanks Andy, I hadn't seen that project. I'll give it a try when I get the chance. On Fri, 4 Jan 2019, dillera@gmail.com wrote:
Please look at this:
https://github.com/halfmanhalftaco/sunboot <https://github.com/halfmanhalftaco/sunboot>
I've used his irixboot project to boot and install about 4 different SGI boxes with 3 versions of IRIX.
I've been meaning to use this for a sun but haven't gotten around to it.
You should try that for netbooting via serial.
-andy
On Jan 3, 2019, at 11:55 PM, Ethan Dicks via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 11:35 PM Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
This has been on my TODO list for years, so it's a good way to start off the new year. I have a Sun 3/60 with 24MB and CG4 video which I've been meaning to set up as a diskless client from my Linux server.
Nicely done! I also have a Sun 3/60 that's a long-term project.
Until I get a keyboard adapter cobbled together for a Type 4 keyboard, I'm using a serial console.
I managed to score a Type 3 keyboard last year. Somewhere I have a Type 3 Optical Mouse (with the modular jack) somewhere, but I will probably have to fashion a Type 4 adapter to get a working mouse.
There's a document floating around which describes one user's efforts to netboot his 3/60:
Handy. Thanks!
I used that as a starting point, but it was written in 2004 so there are additional steps required. For one thing, bootparamd is no longer included in Fedora Linux (since FC25), so I had to make some changes to the FC24 SRPM for bootparamd to get it compiled and repackaged for FC28. Also, FC28 by default has NFS version 2 disabled so you have to change options in /etc/nfs.conf to enable UDP and version 2.
Very good to know. I'm not much of a Fedora user (I lean towards RHEL/CentOS for large boxes and Mint for laptops) but it's handy to know what's missing or turned off these days.
Thanks for sharing!
-ethan
Mike Loewen mloewen@cpumagic.scol.pa.us Old Technology http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/
Oh - you will also want to consider one of these: https://store.inertialcomputing.com/SCSI2SD-V5-1-p/scsi2sd-v5.1.htm <https://store.inertialcomputing.com/SCSI2SD-V5-1-p/scsi2sd-v5.1.htm> I've used a number of them in old SGI, and I've read reports that they also work in old SUN. Getting rid of the ancient, loud, tiny SCSI drives is usually a necessary step for a easy installation experience. -andy
On Jan 3, 2019, at 11:55 PM, Ethan Dicks via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 11:35 PM Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
This has been on my TODO list for years, so it's a good way to start off the new year. I have a Sun 3/60 with 24MB and CG4 video which I've been meaning to set up as a diskless client from my Linux server.
Nicely done! I also have a Sun 3/60 that's a long-term project.
Thank you for this. On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 9:15 AM andy diller via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Oh - you will also want to consider one of these:
https://store.inertialcomputing.com/SCSI2SD-V5-1-p/scsi2sd-v5.1.htm < https://store.inertialcomputing.com/SCSI2SD-V5-1-p/scsi2sd-v5.1.htm>
I've used a number of them in old SGI, and I've read reports that they also work in old SUN.
Getting rid of the ancient, loud, tiny SCSI drives is usually a necessary step for a easy installation experience.
-andy
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