[rescue] Needed ASAP: Solaris 2.6/SPARC ISO image
Christopher Purdy
escher2 at chartermi.net
Fri Mar 19 08:16:59 CDT 2010
Bill,
If you don't have a copy by tonight, let me know and I'll make an image for
ya over the weekend.. I think I got mine from you in the first place
anyway!
- Chris
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> 1. Looking for some fibre channel disks... (Mr Ian Primus)
> 2. 9 track 21 track and 7 track tape drives (Pete)
> 3. Re: 9 track 21 track and 7 track tape drives (Jonathan Patschke)
> 4. reset firmware password on sun blade 150 (Nicolai)
> 5. Re: reset firmware password on sun blade 150 (Marc Zyngier)
> 6. Re: reset firmware password on sun blade 150 (Jochen Kunz)
> 7. Re: reset firmware password on sun blade 150 (Jonathan Patschke)
> 8. Re: reset firmware password on sun blade 150 (hike)
> 9. FS 2x Mushkin PC2100 512MB non-ECC DIMMs (Patrick Giagnocavo)
> 10. Needed ASAP: Solaris 2.6/SPARC ISO image (Bill Bradford)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:11:39 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Mr Ian Primus <ian_primus at yahoo.com>
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [rescue] Looking for some fibre channel disks...
> Message-ID: <592592.38587.qm at web52604.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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>
> Well, I've finally gotten "a roud tuit", and I'm piecing together my Sun
> Enterprise 4500. I have a couple of Sun A5000 disk arrays, and so far I've
> gotten one of them working. Only downside is that I only have a few disks,
> most of which are 9 gig. I'd really like to get my hands on some 146 gig
> drives for this beastie. Does anyone happen to have some spares they would
> like to sell?
>
> -Ian
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:26:01 -0500
> From: "Pete" <pm at techfoundations.net>
> To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: [rescue] 9 track 21 track and 7 track tape drives
> Message-ID: <165BFBC0CE8B465CB5FBAA49D9186E25 at GB2>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> I am looking for old round reel tape drives 9 track, 21 track and 7 track.
> Anyone got junk to clear?
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:36:18 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Jonathan Patschke <jp at celestrion.net>
> To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: Re: [rescue] 9 track 21 track and 7 track tape drives
> Message-ID:
> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1003161707550.1767 at blueshift.celestrion.net>
> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
>
> On Tue, 16 Mar 2010, Pete wrote:
>
> > I am looking for old round reel tape drives 9 track, 21 track and 7
> > track. Anyone got junk to clear?
>
> I have a DEC SCSI 9-track drive; I think it's a TSZ07. It needs a bit of
> servicing. All the mechanical bits work, the drive never properly senses
> that it's started to take up tape, so it retries until it gives up.
>
> I also have a tape cabinet full of 9-track tapes.
>
> If you (or anyone else) wants them, they're absolutely free if you collect
> them either from my house in Elgin or somewhere in the Austin area. If
> you want the drives, please take some tapes as well. I have literally
> hundreds of reels (most with write-enable rings).
>
> --
> Jonathan Patschke ) "Oh, judge, your damn laws: the good people don't
> Elgin, TX ( need them, and the bad people don't follow them,
> USA ) so what good are they?" --Ammon Hennacy
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:56:03 -0500
> From: Nicolai <nicolai-rescue at chocolatine.org>
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [rescue] reset firmware password on sun blade 150
> Message-ID: <20100317205603.GA20097 at occitan.student.iastate.edu>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=unknown-8bit
>
> Hey all,
>
> Before doing this, I just wanted to make sure the following procedure is
> SunHELP approved. Of the numerous solutions I found online, the
> following seems like it may be the way to go:
>
> http://www.computing.net/answers/solaris/firmware-password/2616.html
>
> Response #3:
>
>
> 1) At the OK Prompt type banner, and jot down Ethernet address and
> hostid#
>
> Ethernet address will be 8 0 20 nn nn nn
>
> Hostid will be 80nnnnnn
>
> In step 8, just enter the nnnnnn part not the 80 part
>
> 2) Open the hood
>
> 3) Remove the NVRAM
>
> 4) Plug the NVRAM in backwards
>
> 5) Apply power for 2 seconds
>
> #This will erases the contents
>
> 6) Reinstall the nvram properly
>
> 7) Turn on power again
>
> 8) Enter in new NVRAM parameters:
>
> ok 0 0 mkp
>
> ok 8 0 20 nn nn nn hostid mkpl
>
> ctl-d
>
> ctl-r
>
> ok banner
>
> 9) This should have reset the contents without the password.
>
> If it still complains, try step 4-8 again
>
> And voil`.
>
> I don't have experience with Sparc-64 (only a lowly IPX, ages ago,
> sniff!), so I just wanted to be sure before proceeding.
>
> Is this a good / the right solution? Please advise!
>
> Thanks!
> Nicolai
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:20:33 +0100
> From: Marc Zyngier <maz at misterjones.org>
> To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: Re: [rescue] reset firmware password on sun blade 150
> Message-ID: <bf1607722aac3b47326eb4e57fcb75e8 at localhost>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:56:03 -0500, Nicolai
> <nicolai-rescue at chocolatine.org> wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > Before doing this, I just wanted to make sure the following procedure is
> > SunHELP approved. Of the numerous solutions I found online, the
> > following seems like it may be the way to go:
> >
> > http://www.computing.net/answers/solaris/firmware-password/2616.html
> >
> > Response #3:
> >
> >
> > 1) At the OK Prompt type banner, and jot down Ethernet address and
> > hostid#
> >
> > Ethernet address will be 8 0 20 nn nn nn
> >
> > Hostid will be 80nnnnnn
> >
> > In step 8, just enter the nnnnnn part not the 80 part
> >
> > 2) Open the hood
> >
> > 3) Remove the NVRAM
> >
> > 4) Plug the NVRAM in backwards
>
> I really hate that bit.
>
> I remember coming accross an Ultra-5 with the same "problem". I ended up
> booting *without* the NVRAM, and putting it back once the system reached
> the OF.
> Then, a "set-defaults" took care of it (or so I remember). It might not be
> better than what your solution, though.
>
> M.
> --
> Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:19:51 +0100
> From: Jochen Kunz <jkunz at unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [rescue] reset firmware password on sun blade 150
> Message-ID: <20100317231951.f8c1c31a.jkunz at unixag-kl.fh-kl.de>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:56:03 -0500
> Nicolai <nicolai-rescue at chocolatine.org> wrote:
>
> > 4) Plug the NVRAM in backwards
> ... and let out the magic blue smoke???
>
> I had the same problem with some UltraSPARCs. I pluged the NVRAMS into
> a SS5, i.e. a sun4m pizza box. At POST it complained about an invalid
> NVRAM and droped to OBP. I did a "set-defaults", mounted the NVRAM in
> the sun4u machine, power on, "invalid NVRAM" and "set-defaults" again.
> This erased the password and reset OBP variables, but the host-ID and
> MAC address where not touched.
> --
>
>
> tsch|_,
> Jochen
>
> Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/<http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/%7Ejkunz/>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:47:04 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Jonathan Patschke <jp at celestrion.net>
> To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: Re: [rescue] reset firmware password on sun blade 150
> Message-ID:
> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1003171734040.1767 at blueshift.celestrion.net>
> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
>
> On Wed, 17 Mar 2010, Nicolai wrote:
>
> > 3) Remove the NVRAM
> >
> > 4) Plug the NVRAM in backwards
> >
> > 5) Apply power for 2 seconds
> >
> > #This will erases the contents
>
> No no no no no no no. Do NOT do this!
>
> If you do it with the NVRAM chip in backwards, you'll probably destroy the
> NVRAM and possibly the system board. The pinout for the ST M48T59 NVRAM
> has VCC and ground diagonally opposed (pins 14 and 28).
>
> If you can boot the system and get root, try this from Solaris:
>
> eeprom security-mode=none
>
> If you can't boot the system and get root, boot the system without the
> NVRAM chip, install it (correctly!) while at the OpenBoot prompt, and then
> run the mkp commands. For more information, see the FAQ:
>
> http://www.squirrel.com/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html
>
> --
> Jonathan Patschke ) "Oh, judge, your damn laws: the good people don't
> Elgin, TX ( need them, and the bad people don't follow them,
> USA ) so what good are they?" --Ammon Hennacy
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:13:20 -0400
> From: hike <mh1272 at gmail.com>
> To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: Re: [rescue] reset firmware password on sun blade 150
> Message-ID:
> <d2559e081003171813i64264252k95e6adabc93d66a1 at mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Nicolai <nicolai-rescue at chocolatine.org
> >wrote:
>
> > Hey all,
> >
> > Before doing this, I just wanted to make sure the following procedure is
> > SunHELP approved. Of the numerous solutions I found online, the
> > following seems like it may be the way to go:
> >
> > http://www.computing.net/answers/solaris/firmware-password/2616.html
> >
> > Response #3:
> >
> >
> > 1) At the OK Prompt type banner, and jot down Ethernet address and
> > hostid#
> >
> > Ethernet address will be 8 0 20 nn nn nn
> >
> > Hostid will be 80nnnnnn
> >
> > In step 8, just enter the nnnnnn part not the 80 part
> >
> > 2) Open the hood
> >
> > 3) Remove the NVRAM
> >
> > 4) Plug the NVRAM in backwards
> >
> > 5) Apply power for 2 seconds
> >
> > #This will erases the contents
> >
> > 6) Reinstall the nvram properly
> >
> > 7) Turn on power again
> >
> > 8) Enter in new NVRAM parameters:
> >
> > ok 0 0 mkp
> >
> > ok 8 0 20 nn nn nn hostid mkpl
> >
> > ctl-d
> >
> > ctl-r
> >
> > ok banner
> >
> > 9) This should have reset the contents without the password.
> >
> > If it still complains, try step 4-8 again
> >
> > And voil`.
> >
> > I don't have experience with Sparc-64 (only a lowly IPX, ages ago,
> > sniff!), so I just wanted to be sure before proceeding.
> >
> > Is this a good / the right solution? Please advise!
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Nicolai
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue
> >
> >
>
> Personally, I would follow Sun Microsystem's (and now Oracle's) procedure.
> Or, at least, your Sun support vendor. SunHelp won't come to your shop
> and
> fix it if it doesn't work.
>
> Sun Microsystems does not approve of the above method. They explicitly
> discourage doing this NVRAM hack in their hardware support courses. Sun
> Support or your Sun support vendor can provide a working NVRAM chip if the
> server is under contract.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:19:53 -0400
> From: Patrick Giagnocavo <patrick at zill.net>
> To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: [rescue] FS 2x Mushkin PC2100 512MB non-ECC DIMMs
> Message-ID: <4BA17FB9.2030402 at zill.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
> FS:
>
> Two Mushkin 512MB DDR PC2100 sticks, non-ECC, non-registered. Mushkin
> part number is either "146-206" or "111836" .
>
> $12 shipped anywhere in the lower 48.
>
> Cordially
>
> Patrick Giagnocavo
> patrick at zill.net
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:43:59 -0500
> From: Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
> To: geeks at sunhelp.org, rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [rescue] Needed ASAP: Solaris 2.6/SPARC ISO image
> Message-ID: <20100318194359.GS577 at mrbill.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Anybody got one online? I'm in a bind and need a 2.6 (specifically) CD ISO
> image.
>
> Bill
>
> --
> Bill Bradford
> Houston, Texas
>
>
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