Subject: Re: Sparc 20 hypersparc vs Ultra 2
To: None <port-sparc64@netbsd.org>
From: Aaron J. Grier <agrier@poofygoof.com>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 06/29/2005 13:54:41
On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 09:53:40AM +1000, Dimitris Tsifakis wrote:
> > Or live on the wild side and netboot the flash update ...
> >
> Always be carefull with flash updates. I was left with a broken U2
> after an update that went wrong. All I got was a RED state Exception
> error message on the serial port. And now, that motherboard is in my
> garage as part of the decoration :)

a similar thing happened with a friend of mine's ultra motherboard.
fortunately at work we do SMT rework and were able to replace the flash
with a correctly burned one.

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  Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agrier@poofygoof.com