Fwd: Re: [SunHELP] boot prom ugrade help

[Brian Hinz]

nice call... an unseated (just slightly) memory was the culprit. after that 
i was able to boot from the cdrom and flash the prom to the correct version.

Thanks!
-brian


>From: Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at yahoo.com>
>To: Brian Hinz <bphinz at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [SunHELP] boot prom ugrade help
>Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 19:05:40 -0700 (PDT)
>
>--- Brian Hinz <bphinz at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've recently picked up a low-cost ultra30 but so far have been
> > unable to get it to boot.
>
>Have you tried reseting the system to it's defaults (stop-n on
>power-up)?
>
>Helped me resurect an otherwise dead SS/10 base about a year ago.
>
>Other than that, try removing and reseating everything (RAM, HD, CD,
>etc.)...
>
>Just a few thoughts...
>
>Lionel
>
>=====
>Lionel
>
>"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
>programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
>Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976
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