[rescue] SS2 help

[Larry Snyder]

You might try re-strapping the disk on scsi-addr 2 to 3 and just
saying boot at the ok.  If that doesn't fly, you need an OS.
-ls-

"Joshua D. Boyd" <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu> wrote:
> OK, It seems that my scsi devices are ID 1 and 2.
> 
> Now, trying boot disk1 returns this message:
> ok boot disk1                                                                   
> Boot device: /sbus/esp at 0,800000/sd at 1,0   File and args:                         
> bootblk: can't find the boot program                                            
> Program terminated    
> 
> Now, that looks like something that can't find an OS.
> 
> boot disk2 returns:
> ok boot disk2                                                                   
> screen                                                                          
> Can't open input device.                                                        
> SPARCstation 2, No Keyboard                                                     
> ROM Rev. 2.2, 40 MB memory installed, Serial #4260777.                          
> Ethernet address 8:0:20:e:d6:d5, Host ID: 554103a9.                             
>                                                                                 
>                                                                                 
> Rebooting from disk2                                                            
> Boot device: /sbus/esp at 0,800000/sd at 2,0   File and args:                         
> The file just loaded Type  help  for more information
> 
> That almost looks to me like it just found an OS on the second disk.
> Typing boot disk2 again returns something a touch more helpful:
> ok boot disk2                                                                   
> Boot device: /sbus/esp at 0,800000/sd at 2,0   File and args:                         
> The file just loaded                                                            
> does not appear to be executable. 
> 
> So, I think this means that I have no OS for this thing.  Am I
> interpruting this correctly?  I just wanted to double check before rashly
> reformating and installing.
> 
> I can't decide if this should be a Sun OS 4.1 box or a NetBSD machine.
> I'm kinda leaning towards Sun OS.  That brings up another question.  
> 
> I thought that Sun had released the old SunOS 4 for free, but I can only
> find places to download it for a Sun3 machine.  Am I wrong here?
> 
> --
> Joshua Boyd
> 
> ok probe-scsi                                                                   
> Target 1                                                                        
>   Unit 0   Disk     .SEAGATE ST1480   SUN0424862800967010Copyright (c)
> 1992 Sea0
> Target 2                                                                        
>   Unit 0   Disk     .QUANTUM LPS525S
> 311002/02/93446400420159APOLLO  51.
> 
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