Subject: Re: New life for Sun Ray 1s
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Valtteri Vuorikoski <vuori@puuhamaa.magenta.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/20/2002 17:15:40
"Valeriy E. Ushakov" <uwe@ptc.spbu.ru> writes:

> The SunRay bootstrap code knows about both flashes.  It runs from
> flash simm, but it also checks flashprom at ebus for an image to
> start.  So, perhaps, for initial manufacturing flashprom at ebus was
> used to flash the flash simm and there might be hope to force the
> board to boot from flashprom and a way to stick a flashprom w/out
> excessive hardware hacking.  Can anyone with SunRay take a set of good
> hi-res pictures of the board?

I can probably do this next week. From memory, there are no external
connectors (except the "official" ones like USB, monitor, etc.) on the
board. Certainly nothing like an expansion bus connector and probably
not even a single two-pin header.

 -v