[rescue] Looking for Prestoserve 2.3 for SunOS 4.x sun4c

Richard ejb at trick-1.net
Sun Sep 10 03:13:43 CDT 2017


just got 5 minutes to look at the 2.4.2 package and it looks to be
Solaris 2.x based with references to SUNWprsto.
 Also had a play with presto command it it is telling me the board has
 errors and is busy if I try to bring it up/down. Any thoughts?  I am
 thinking maybe its the flat batteries...
ss2-le0# presto -v
presto: open `/dev/pr0'
presto: PRGETSTATUS ok
dirty = 0, clean = 0, inval = 126, active = 0
              count    hit rate  clean hits  dirty hits allocations
              passeswrite:            0        100%           0           0
0           0read:            0        100%           0           0
0           0total:            0        100%           0           0
0           0presto: PRGETSTATUS ok
state = ERROR, size = 0x100000 bytes
statistics interval: 00:00:00  (0 seconds)
write cache efficiency: 0%
All 2 batteries are low!
ss2-le0#
ss2-le0# presto -vu
presto: open `/dev/pr0'
presto: PRGETSTATUS ok
state = ERROR, size = 0x100000 bytes
statistics interval: 00:00:00  (0 seconds)
write cache efficiency: 0%
All 2 batteries are low!
dirty = 0, clean = 0, inval = 126, active = 0
              count    hit rate  clean hits  dirty hits allocations
              passeswrite:            0        100%           0           0
0           0read:            0        100%           0           0
0           0total:            0        100%           0           0
0           0presto: PRSETSTATE UP failed: Device busy
presto: PRGETSTATUS ok
state = ERROR, size = 0x100000 bytes
statistics interval: 00:00:00  (0 seconds)
write cache efficiency: 0%
All 2 batteries are low!
ss2-le0#
ss2-le0# presto -d
presto: PRSETSTATE DOWN failed: Device busy
ss2-le0#


On Sun, 10 Sep 2017, at 05:15 PM, Richard wrote:
> Success!!
>
> Big thank you to everyone for the support and to Dave and Mark for
> digging out what the have. I now have 2.4.0 working under sunos4.1.3u1
> sub4c. Have run out of time to go to 2.4.2 today but it is at least
> now being recognised...surprise surprise the batteries are flat.>
>
>
>
>
>
> For the astute amongst us you will see that the SS2 prom needs to be
> replaced....it's on order p>
>
> Cheers
>
> Richard
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 10 Sep 2017, at 08:06, Richard <ejb at trick-1.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Mark
> >
> > Fantastic, will down load and give it a go today.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On 10 Sep 2017, at 05:23, Mark G Thomas <Mark at Misty.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Here is what I found. It looks to me like 2.4.0 is good for SunOS-
> >> 4.x on> >> sun4c hardware, which is what I remember running it on years
ago.
> >>
> >> http://files.markgthomas.com/dl/presto240.tar.gz
> >>
> >> (Also grab this) http://files.markgthomas.com/dl/presto242.tar.gz
> >>
> >> From presto240/presto_chango:
> >> #
> >> arch=sun4c
> >> release=2.4
> >> sys_patch=0
> >> ....
> >> release_msg=\
> >> "${productname} release ${release} requires a SunOS release based
> >> on 4.[01]."> >>
> >> Mark
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 10:49:26PM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
> >>> Well shit, I'm sorry about that.  I wasn't aware that this
> >>> distribution was sun4 only. :-(  That sucks for me as well,
> >>> because I> >>> have a couple of Sbus Prestoserve cards around here
somewhere.
> >>>
> >>> If you do manage to find the sun4c distribution, please share?
> >>>
> >>>         Thanks,
> >>>         -Dave
> >>>
> >>>> On 08/31/2017 08:52 PM, Richard wrote:
> >>>> Hi Dave
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks you again for putting that up. Have gone to install but it
> >>>> looks> >>>> like it is a sun4 version and not sun4c....
> >>>>
> >>>> ss2-le0# ./presto_chango
> >>>>       Prestoserve(TM) - sun4 Release 2.2
> >>>> Copyright (c) 1990 by Legato Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.> >>>>
Machine `ss2-le0' is type `sun4c', not `sun4' as expected.
> >>>> ss2-le0#
> >>>>
> >>>> Not to be deterred (some dusty memories coming back - I recall
> >>>> there was> >>>> trick to doing the original install back in the day) I
modify the> >>>> arch=sun4 to sun4c at the top of presto_chango (there are
also
> >>>> #ifdef=sun4c in the presto_chango file so I was hopeful)
> >>>>
> >>>> I get the following (which I suppose I really should have
> >>>> expected given> >>>> it had already told me it was for Sun4 (i.e. VME
based sun4 not
> >>>> an Sbus> >>>> sun4c - was worth a try)
> >>>>
> >>>> <....>
> >>>> cp prestotool /usr/bin/prestotool
> >>>> cp presto /usr/etc/presto
> >>>> cp prestoctl_svc /usr/etc/prestoctl_svc
> >>>> cp prestoctl.x /usr/include/rpcsvc/prestoctl.x
> >>>> cp prestoctl.h /usr/include/rpcsvc/prestoctl.h
> >>>> cp prestoioctl.h /usr/include/sundev/prestoioctl.h
> >>>> cp presto_chango /usr/etc/presto_chango
> >>>> Config and make a Presto-ized kernel [yes]? yes
> >>>> System name in /sys/sun4c/conf to config [GENERIC]? SS2
> >>>> cp /sys/sun4c/conf/SS2 /sys/sun4c/conf/SS2.prepresto
> >>>> echo "device            ps0 at vme16d16 ? csr 0x4c00
> >>>> device          pr0 at vme24d32 ? csr 0x800000" >>
> >>>> /sys/sun4c/conf/SS2> >>>>   * * * Config'ing /sys/sun4c/conf/SS2
> >>>> (cd /sys/sun4c/conf; config SS2)
> >>>> config: line 231: wrong machine type for vme16d16
> >>>> config: line 231: no vme16d16's to wildcard
> >>>> ./presto_chango: 618 Memory fault - core dumped
> >>>> presto_chango:  unexpected return code 139
> >>>> ss2-le0#
> >>>>
> >>>> I changed the vme reference to sbus in the kernel config but
> >>>> config told> >>>> me that "sun4c doesn't have mb_device
structures."...I suppose I
> >>>> could> >>>> keep hacking away but I am picking there will be more
issues and
> >>>> it may> >>>> not work as expected. Anyway config completed and so did
the
> >>>> build of> >>>> the kernel..but not unexpectedly it errors on boot as
not being
> >>>> able to> >>>> find the device pr0 (have checked and the /dev/pr0
exists) .
> >>>>
> >>>> Anyone know the next step for this version or have a sun4c
> >>>> version of> >>>> prestoserve 2.3 or earlier ?
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards
> >>>>
> >>>> Richard
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Fri, 1 Sep 2017, at 08:36 AM, Dave McGuire wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ok, I've put it up at:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.neurotica.com/misc/prestoserve-2.2.tar.gz.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Please let me know when you have the file.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>           -Dave
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On 08/31/2017 05:11 PM, Richard wrote:
> >>>>>> Hi Dave
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> That would be fantastic and would be a great start. Yes please!>
>>>>>>
> >>>>>> Richard
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On 31 Aug 2017, at 09:58, Dave McGuire
> >>>>>>>> <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> On 08/30/2017 05:20 PM, Richard wrote:
> >>>>>>>> My google fu is letting me down and for the life of me I
> >>>>>>>> cannot find> >>>>>>>> prestoserve 2.3 for SunOS 4.x Sun4c I thought
I had it but
> >>>>>>>> cannot find> >>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>> media or image. Frustratingly I have a the CD for
> >>>>>>>> prestoserver 2.4.1> >>>>>>>> (anyone need that?)
> >>>>>>>> which would work great if I wanted to run Solaris 2.x on my
> >>>>>>>> SS2 (which I> >>>>>>>> don't).
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I have 2.2, is that close enough?
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>          -Dave
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> >>>>>>> New Kensington, PA
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> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> >>>>> New Kensington, PA
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
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> >>
> >> --
> >> Mark G. Thomas (Mark at Misty.com), KC3DRE
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