[rescue] Subject: Re: Sun SparcStation 20
Éric Bertrand
eric.ricomac at gmail.com
Wed Jun 22 07:35:16 CDT 2016
I just have one Ross 200mhz Hypersparc cpu in the machine. That said, I
installed successfully OpenBSD 5.9 on my Enterprise 450 dual 400mhz
UltraSPARC 2 and I pass hard to figure how to install Firefox port on it.
Seem to be somewhat mystical.
Le 2016-06-22 8:02 AM, "Malte Dehling" <mdehling at gmail.com> a C)crit :
Hi,
On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 07:50:33PM +0000, Chase Rayfield wrote:
> NetBSD does support SMP on this hardware
NetBSD has long had issues with SMP on sparc32. Last time I tried
(around NetBSD 5), it was very unstable. Not sure if its fixed now.
Best,
Malte
> as does Linux although you'll have a
> hard time building kernels small enough to boot above about Linux 3.4ish.
It
> might be possible to get LTO working on Sparc kernel builds to reduce the
size
> to manageable levels again but I don't think anyone has tried yet. NetBSD
also
> tends to have better graphics support due to macallan's efforts.
>
> When I have it up gh0stwriter.net/gentoo/ has linux userland stages that
sort
> of work. Portage crashes with a timer overflow on my SS20 with dual SM81s.
>
> Chase
>
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> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 19:02:47 -0400
> From: ?ric Bertrand <eric.ricomac at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [rescue] Sun SparcStation 20
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> Hi,
>
> I got a Sparcstation 20 with 256MB and ZX frame buffer. It booted fairly
> well
> Debian weezy but I'm looking for a up to date OS to put on it. OpenBSD
> support
> Sparc 32 in the last release and I started to install it. I got some
memory
> errors and finally desktop is not loading at all. I had to put diag-switch
> to
> true and start self test. J0201 have a defect dimm. Replace, same thing.
> Switch the j0201 on j0203 to isolate j0201 socket. J0203 is ok. Replace
the
> dimm at his place, start the machine and got black screen and compose on.
>
> The service manuel tells me that the j0201 dimm is bad and the diag-switch
> test-all too, I think the dimm
> socket is bad because the socket seem cracked. This could be dry plastic
> issue
> due to aging.
>
> Anyway, it is a possibility to align ram to dimm 01 instead of dimm 00?
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:25:53 +1000
> From: Richard <ejb at trick-1.net>
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [rescue] Sun SparcStation 20
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> Hi Eric
>
> Sweet machine.
>
> Might be age related build up of gunk/oxidation. Suggest that you clean
> the DIMM slot and the pins on the DIMM with some spray electrical
> cleaner (no idea if thats safe or recommended but it worked for me) and
> then replace. I had a similar issue which I posted about only a week or
> so back. Machine is working a treat now and the module in question now
> passes.
>
> Then again it could be bad DIMMM in which case replacement is probably
> on the cards.
>
> Richard
>
> On Tue, 21 Jun 2016, at 09:02 AM, CB B B ric Bertrand wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I got a Sparcstation 20 with 256MB and ZX frame buffer. It booted fairly
> > well
> > Debian weezy but I'm looking for a up to date OS to put on it. OpenBSD
> > support
> > Sparc 32 in the last release and I started to install it. I got some
> > memory
> > errors and finally desktop is not loading at all. I had to put
> > diag-switch
> > to
> > true and start self test. J0201 have a defect dimm. Replace, same thing.
> > Switch the j0201 on j0203 to isolate j0201 socket. J0203 is ok. Replace
> > the
> > dimm at his place, start the machine and got black screen and compose
on.
> >
> > The service manuel tells me that the j0201 dimm is bad and the
> > diag-switch
> > test-all too, I think the dimm
> > socket is bad because the socket seem cracked. This could be dry plastic
> > issue
> > due to aging.
> >
> > Anyway, it is a possibility to align ram to dimm 01 instead of dimm 00?
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> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 21:43:02 -0400
> From: ?ric Bertrand <eric.ricomac at gmail.com>
> To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: Re: [rescue] Sun SparcStation 20
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> Thanks Richard for your follow up. I will clean the dimm slot with
> electronic 99% alcool because and will retest ram again.
>
> Contact clean contain petrol solvent and it not the best for cleaning
> mainboard sockets. It's more recommended for cleaningB connectors.
>
> Yesterday was a hot evening and this not helped me to diagnose my
> SPARCstation. I'll do a follow up here after cleaning.
>
> But my question about memory slot configuration with openboot remain
> unanswered. It is possible to setup dimm 01to be the first simm to align
> the ram?
> Le 2016-06-20 9:32 PM, "Richard" <ejb at trick-1.net> a C)crit :
>
> > Hi Eric
> >
> > Sweet machine.
> >
> > Might be age related build up of gunk/oxidation. Suggest that you clean
> > the DIMM slot and the pins on the DIMM with some spray electrical
> > cleaner (no idea if thats safe or recommended but it worked for me) and
> > then replace. I had a similar issue which I posted about only a week or
> > so back. Machine is working a treat now and the module in question now
> > passes.
> >
> > Then again it could be bad DIMMM in which case replacement is probably
> > on the cards.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > On Tue, 21 Jun 2016, at 09:02 AM, CB B ric Bertrand wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I got a Sparcstation 20 with 256MB and ZX frame buffer. It booted
fairly
> > > well
> > > Debian weezy but I'm looking for a up to date OS to put on it. OpenBSD
> > > support
> > > Sparc 32 in the last release and I started to install it. I got some
> > > memory
> > > errors and finally desktop is not loading at all. I had to put
> > > diag-switch
> > > to
> > > true and start self test. J0201 have a defect dimm. Replace, same
thing.
> > > Switch the j0201 on j0203 to isolate j0201 socket. J0203 is ok.
Replace
> > > the
> > > dimm at his place, start the machine and got black screen and compose
on.
> > >
> > > The service manuel tells me that the j0201 dimm is bad and the
> > > diag-switch
> > > test-all too, I think the dimm
> > > socket is bad because the socket seem cracked. This could be dry
plastic
> > > issue
> > > due to aging.
> > >
> > > Anyway, it is a possibility to align ram to dimm 01 instead of dimm
00?
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue
> > _______________________________________________
> > rescue list - http://www.sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue
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