Re: May as well try a test on the SPARC S7-2

[Dennis Clarke <dclarke%blastwave.org@localhost>]

On 10/18/26 13:45, Palle Lyckegaard wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Oct 2026, Dennis Clarke wrote:
>
> > Sounds like way too much work for a Sunday.
> >
> > For the record the SPARC S7-2 has a USB port at the front and the
> > Solaris 11.4 installer boots and runs from there just fine. So it
> > may be possible to boot something else other than Solaris. Then
> > again, who knows? I surely do not.
>
> I have succesfully booted a NetBSD install iso from the usb port using an
> external usb cdrom/dvd drive.
> Some of the devices (network, disk) may fail to configure properly and I
> haven't had time to fix this yet..
>
> You may get further with a ldom setup, but please try both scenarios and 
> let us know the outcome.

It is packed full of SAS right now. I may pull those disks out and
then get some toss away SAS test disk and try a hardware boot. No LDOM.

That is likely easier. I don't know. I have a few other systems with the
SAS back plane(s) so maybe I can setup a disk in advance with a NetBSD
okay filesystem. Not sure really.

This is not exactly a documented process ya know.  :)

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Dennis Clarke
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UNIX and Linux spoken