Subject: Re: PROM Pass: ?
To: None <rickgc@calweb.com>
From: Harald Barth <haba@pdc.kth.se>
List: port-sparc
Date: 11/05/1998 22:56:39
> Sorry about the loud text! I feel that a lot of people are not really
> listening. I can't get to the monitor.  After the system checks, the 4/110
> tries to boot from sd(0,0,0) then bounces to the PROM:pass requirement. 

I really think you should make a SCSI disk for sun4 which is bootable.

> I have tried to boot a
> disk with Solaris on it I made on my Sparc 2 but it will not boot for some
> reason.  

The Sparc2 is of type sun4c and the 4/100 is a sun4. Solaris has
different boot images and different kernels for that.

> I may end up de soldering the chip extracting the data, writing it
> to another (sans the password) and reinstalling it (of course I would put a
> socket in there just in case).

Sounds like a _bad_ idea. Try software tricks first.

Harald.