[rescue] Need help in booting Sun 2/50

r.stricklin bear at typewritten.org
Tue Jul 2 19:39:12 CDT 2013


On Jul 2, 2013, at 12:07 PM, James Birdsall wrote:

> TME is the one I was thinking of. Note that I haven't tried this. I've been
> thinking about it because I'll hit the same problem next year (how do I
> install SunOS from tape images when I don't have a physical tape drive?)
and
> that's the most promising idea I have come up with. There may be pitfalls I
> don't know about.

Not least of which, last I checked TME could only _kind of_ run SunOS. I
helped Brad Parker get an initial round of patches in order for the 2/120
emulation in 2011, but TMK these haven't been merged in yet. And, there were
still issues with emulated ethernet.

http://www.heeltoe.com/index.php?n=Retro.Sun2


ok
bear.

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until further notice


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