[rescue] Sun2: Looking for the 1.X Boot PROMs

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Fri Apr 20 11:12:25 CDT 2018


On 04/20/2018 12:02 PM, Mouse wrote:
>> [...Sun-2s...]
>> Having something you can boot from seems to be the biggest issue
>> people face with these old machines due to the problems with both
>> distribution media and working drives to read with.
> 
> Couldn't Sun-2s netboot?  Or is your "something" talking about
> software for those who want to run SunOS?

  Earlier boot ROMs could only netboot via the ND protocol.  That's one
reason people are looking for the later ROMs.

  (I'm interested in the later ROMs as well.)

          -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA


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