Re: [Sheflug] information about sparc/sun4c

[Andrew Basterfield <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 08 Feb 2002 19:49:54 +0000
"Chris J" <cej [at] nccnet.co.uk> wrote:

> 
> > 
> > I've put together a few webpages about sun4c hardware (sparcstation 1
& 2,> > IPC, IPX, etc) and setting up BSD & Linux. If you use or are
interested in> > older Sun hardware the URL is
> > http://www.lostgeneration.freeserve.co.uk/sparc 
> > 
> 
> Also accurate for sun4m -- I have a Sparc LX which was set up in the
same > way. The only change will probably in the net-booting section,
where the > extension to the tftp files will be, funnily enough, SUN4M.

Yup - I haven't researched sun4m at all as it's outside the mandate of the
site.

> It may also be wise to mention more about hooking up to a PC over
serial. > Some places will change the OpenBOOT settings so that the
hardware will only > ever look for a keyboard and screen. It's not a
problem if the screen's been > changed, but if the keyboard settings has
also been hacked about, it can be > troublesome, requiring the digging out
of keyboard to reset the PROM. Yes > I've had to do this (before anyone
says that never happens). Whilst getting > hold of a Sun monitor can be
mostly avoided - getting hold of a keyboard is > useful for these sorts of
situations. Nothing like a bit of blind typing and > guesswork ... :-)

Noted. I will add some more to the serial page in the near future, I
really should put in something about a BREAK when you unplug the cable and
it needs some links to sun serial port pages. Also there are jumpers on
the mobo to switch the ports between RS232 & RS423 - both my SS2s came
with these set to RS423.

It needs a general links page too... there are some really cool sites out
there like http://www.obsolyte.com and http://www.black-cube.net

thanks

A. Basterfield
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