Re: Re (6): installing NetBSD on a Sparcstation 2.

[Dan Oglesby <danno%serverunderground.com@localhost>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Olev" <hannula%gmail.com@localhost>
> To: "Dan Oglesby" <danno%serverunderground.com@localhost>
> Cc: port-sparc%netbsd.org@localhost
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 3:27:11 PM
> Subject: Re: Re (6): installing NetBSD on a Sparcstation 2.
> I have a fully maxed out SS2 running NetBSD and I am sorry to
> dissapoint you, but the SS2 has EPROM firmware - you cannot upgrade it
> from the machine. I updated mine years ago with a help of a EPROM
> programmer and UV light to erase the old. Mine has the strange
> 32MB+32MB RAM extensions "sbus" cards and maxed out mainboard 64MB RAM
> for a total 128MB of RAM. You can get the PROM from
> http://locomotion.tw/sparc/prom/ss2_v2.9.tar.gz (googled it). It's
> been on the shelf for years, I guess the last version I tried on it
> was 1.6 or smth like that.
> 
> 
> Olev
> 
> 

Hrm...  I didn't look that far into the procedure, so I don't doubt you at all. 
 I know I've done firmware updates from command line before under Solaris, but 
they were most likely for Ultra class machines.

I'll have to take inventory of what I have, then see what works with NetBSD 
as-is.

--Dan