Installation of Solaris on an old Sun Ultra 2

I have acquired an old Sun Ultra 2 and would like to install Solaris on it. One slight problem I have is that there is no floppy or CD drives. The only drive I have attached to the device is a tape drive, and I don't have solaris tape media. Could anyone offer a suggestion as to how I can install Solaris on this machine. Thanks in Advance

Do you have a disk drive inside Sun Ultra 2?.
If yes, you can do a network installation from another system (like
linux or another Solaris box). The Solaris media are available
from Sun web site.
Juan Antonio

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Media:
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#include <sys/stat.h>
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Solaris 8 SPARC SUN ULTRA 10 - WP event on CPU0

Hii everyone
My Server SUN 5.8 has rebooted itself after having been generated internally out of the ordinary events related to CPU.
The log en the file.messages and output of prtdiag is:
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi: [ID 727863 kern.warning] WARNING: [AFT1] WP event on CPU0, errID 0x000091eb.e4c47547{color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 AFSR 0x00000000.00800040<WP> AFAR 0x000001ff.dbfffdd8{color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 AFSR.PSYND 0x0040(Score 95) AFSR.ETS 0x00 Fault_PC 0x4e3a98{color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 UDBH 0x0000 UDBH.ESYND 0x00 UDBL 0x0000 UDBL.ESYND 0x00{color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 unix: [ID 836849 kern.notice] {color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 ^Mpanic[cpu0]/thread=30001d205a0: {color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 unix: [ID 401469 kern.notice] [AFT1] errID 0x000091eb.e4c47547 WP Error(s){color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 See previous message(s) for details{color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 unix: [ID 100000 kern.notice] {color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 genunix: [ID 723222 kern.notice] 000002a10091d6c0 SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi:cpu_aflt_log+4e0 (2a10091d77e, 1, 10143958, 2a10091d908, 2a10091d7cb, 10143980){color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 genunix: [ID 179002 kern.notice] %l0-3: 0000000000000001 000002a10091d9e0 0000000000000003 0000000000000010{color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 %l4-7: 0000000000000001 00000000845d5bc0 0000000084407f7c 0000000000000000{color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 genunix: [ID 723222 kern.notice] 000002a10091d910 SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi:cpu_async_error+7dc (1, 1ffdbfffdd8, 800040, 0, 0, 0){color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 genunix: [ID 179002 kern.notice] %l0-3: 0000000000000000 0640000000800040 0000000000000000 0000000000800040{color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 %l4-7: 000002a10091d9e0 000002a10091dba0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000{color}
{color:#ff0000}Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 unix: [ID 100000 kern.notice]{color}
Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 genunix: [ID 672855 kern.notice] syncing file systems...
Apr 15 21:20:10 server1 genunix: [ID 733762 kern.notice] 6
Apr 15 21:20:11 server1 genunix: [ID 733762 kern.notice] 3
Apr 15 21:20:12 server1 genunix: [ID 904073 kern.notice] done
Apr 15 21:20:13 server1 genunix: [ID 353387 kern.notice] dumping to /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1, offset 107479040
Apr 15 21:20:24 server1 genunix: [ID 409368 kern.notice] ^M100% done: 13157 pages dumped, compression ratio 3.21,
Apr 15 21:20:24 server1 genunix: [ID 851671 kern.notice] dump succeeded
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 genunix: [ID 540533 kern.notice] ^MSunOS Release 5.8 Version Generic_108528-09 64-bit
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 genunix: [ID 913631 kern.notice] Copyright 1983-2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 genunix: [ID 678236 kern.info] Ethernet address = 0:3:ba:c:c6:5e
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 unix: [ID 389951 kern.info] mem = 1048576K (0x40000000)
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 unix: [ID 930857 kern.info] avail mem = 1027547136
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 rootnex: [ID 466748 kern.info] root nexus = Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC-IIi 440MHz)
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 rootnex: [ID 349649 kern.info] pcipsy0 at root: UPA 0x1f 0x0
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Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 pcipsy: [ID 370704 kern.info] PCI-device: pci@1,1, simba0
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] simba0 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 pcipsy: [ID 370704 kern.info] PCI-device: pci@1, simba1
Apr 15 21:21:08 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] simba1 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1
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Apr 15 21:21:18 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] dad0 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/dad@0,0
Apr 15 21:21:19 server1 dada: [ID 365881 kern.info] <ST320414A cyl 39533 alt 2 hd 16 sec 63>
Apr 15 21:21:19 server1 uata: [ID 114370 kern.info] dad1 at pci1095,6460
Apr 15 21:21:19 server1 uata: [ID 347839 kern.info] target 1 lun 0
Apr 15 21:21:19 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] dad1 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/dad@1,0
Apr 15 21:21:20 server1 dada: [ID 365881 kern.info] <Maxtor 6E040L0 cyl 19156 alt 2 hd 16 sec 255>
Apr 15 21:21:20 server1 swapgeneric: [ID 308332 kern.info] root on /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/disk@0,0:a fstype ufs
Apr 15 21:21:20 server1 simba: [ID 370704 kern.info] PCI-device: ebus@1, ebus0
Apr 15 21:21:20 server1 ebus: [ID 521012 kern.info] power0 at ebus0: offset 14,724000
Apr 15 21:21:20 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] power0 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/power@14,724000
Apr 15 21:21:20 server1 ebus: [ID 521012 kern.info] su0 at ebus0: offset 14,3083f8
Apr 15 21:21:20 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] su0 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/su@14,3083f8
Apr 15 21:21:20 server1 ebus: [ID 521012 kern.info] su1 at ebus0: offset 14,3062f8
Apr 15 21:21:20 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] su1 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/su@14,3062f8
Apr 15 21:21:21 server1 rootnex: [ID 349649 kern.info] ffb0 at root: UPA 0x1e 0x0
Apr 15 21:21:21 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] ffb0 is /SUNW,ffb@1e,0
Apr 15 21:21:21 server1 unix: [ID 987524 kern.info] cpu0: SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi (upaid 0 impl 0x12 ver 0x91 clock 440 MHz)
Apr 15 21:21:21 server1 ebus: [ID 521012 kern.info] se0 at ebus0: offset 14,400000
Apr 15 21:21:21 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] se0 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/se@14,400000
Apr 15 21:21:22 server1 hme: [ID 517527 kern.info] SUNW,hme0 : PCI IO 2.0 (Rev Id = c1) Found
Apr 15 21:21:22 server1 simba: [ID 370704 kern.info] PCI-device: network@1,1, hme0
Apr 15 21:21:22 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] hme0 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/network@1,1
Apr 15 21:21:25 server1 genunix: [ID 454863 kern.info] dump on /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1 size 512 MB
Apr 15 21:21:26 server1 hme: [ID 517527 kern.info] SUNW,hme0 : Internal Transceiver Selected.
Apr 15 21:21:26 server1 hme: [ID 517527 kern.info] SUNW,hme0 : Auto-Negotiated 100 Mbps Half-Duplex Link Up
Apr 15 21:22:36 server1 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: devinfo0
Apr 15 21:22:36 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] devinfo0 is /pseudo/devinfo@0
Apr 15 21:23:36 server1 named[184]: [ID 295310 daemon.notice] starting. in.named BIND 8.2.2-P5 Wed Jan 15 04:35:48 PST 2003
Apr 15 21:23:36 server1 Generic Patch-5.8-January 2003
Apr 15 21:23:37 server1 named[221]: [ID 295310 daemon.notice] Ready to answer queries.
Apr 15 21:23:37 server1 named[221]: [ID 295310 daemon.warning] check_hints: A records for L.ROOT-SERVERS.NET class 1 do not match hint records
Apr 15 21:23:38 server1 savecore: [ID 570001 auth.error] reboot after panic: [AFT1] errID 0x000091eb.e4c47547 WP Error(s)
Apr 15 21:23:38 server1 See previous message(s) for details
Apr 15 21:23:57 server1 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: tod0
Apr 15 21:23:57 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] tod0 is /pseudo/tod@0
Apr 15 21:23:57 server1 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: pm0
Apr 15 21:23:57 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] pm0 is /pseudo/pm@0
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: vol0
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] vol0 is /pseudo/vol@0
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 scsi: [ID 365881 kern.info] /pci@1f,0/pci@1/scsi@1 (glm0):
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 Rev. 6 Symbios 53c875 found.
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 scsi: [ID 365881 kern.info] /pci@1f,0/pci@1/scsi@1 (glm0):
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 glm0 supports power management.
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 simba: [ID 370704 kern.info] PCI-device: scsi@1, glm0
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] glm0 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1/scsi@1
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 scsi: [ID 193665 kern.info] sd0 at uata0: target 2 lun 0
Apr 15 21:23:59 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sd0 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/sd@2,0
Apr 15 21:24:02 server1 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: fcode0
Apr 15 21:24:02 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] fcode0 is /pseudo/fcode@0
Apr 15 21:24:06 server1 ebus: [ID 521012 kern.info] fd0 at ebus0: offset 14,3023f0
Apr 15 21:24:06 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] fd0 is /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ebus@1/fdthree@14,3023f0
Apr 15 21:24:26 server1 pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: pm0
Apr 15 21:24:26 server1 genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] pm0 is /pseudo/pm@0
================================= *{color:#0000ff}DATOS DE DIAGNOSTICO{color}* ============================================
server1 ROOT [9] psrinfo -v
Status of processor 0 as of: 04/16/08 09:45:18
Processor has been on-line since 04/15/08 21:21:20.
The sparcv9 processor operates at 440 MHz,
and has a sparcv9 floating point processor.
server1 ROOT [10]
server1 ROOT [9] uname -a
SunOS server1 5.8 Generic_108528-09 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
server1 ROOT [19] /usr/platform/sun4u/sbin/prtdiag -v
System Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4u Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC-IIi 440MHz)
System clock frequency: 110 MHz
Memory size: 1024 Megabytes
========================= CPUs =========================
Run Ecache CPU CPU
Brd CPU Module MHz MB Impl. Mask
0 0 0 440 2.0 12 9.1
========================= IO Cards =========================
Bus# Freq
Brd Type MHz Slot Name Model
0 PCI-1 33 1 ebus
0 PCI-1 33 1 network-SUNW,hme
0 PCI-1 33 2 SUNW,m64B ATY,GT-C
0 PCI-1 33 3 ide-pci1095,646.1095.646.3
0 PCI-2 33 1 scsi-glm Symbios,53C875
Bus Freq
Brd Type MHz Slot Name Model
0 UPA 110 30 FFB, Double Buffered SUNW,501-4788
No failures found in System
===========================
========================= HW Revisions =========================
ASIC Revisions:
Cheerio: ebus Rev 1
FFB Hardware Configuration:
Board rev: 2
FBC version: 0x3241906d
DAC: Brooktree 9070, version 1
3DRAM: Mitsubishi 130b, version 2
System PROM revisions:
OBP 3.29.0 2000/12/20 18:45 POST 3.1.0 2000/06/27 13:56
=== *{color:#0000ff}SECOND TEST{color}*
server1 ROOT [4] /usr/platform/`uname -i`/sbin/prtdiag -v
System Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4u Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC-IIi 440MHz)
System clock frequency: 110 MHz
Memory size: 1024 Megabytes
========================= CPUs =========================
Run Ecache CPU CPU
Brd CPU Module MHz MB Impl. Mask
0 0 0 440 2.0 12 9.1
========================= IO Cards =========================
Bus# Freq
Brd Type MHz Slot Name Model
0 PCI-1 33 1 ebus
0 PCI-1 33 1 network-SUNW,hme
0 PCI-1 33 2 SUNW,m64B ATY,GT-C
0 PCI-1 33 3 ide-pci1095,646.1095.646.3
0 PCI-2 33 1 scsi-glm Symbios,53C875
Bus Freq
Brd Type MHz Slot Name Model
0 UPA 110 30 FFB, Double Buffered SUNW,501-4788
No failures found in System
===========================
========================= HW Revisions =========================
ASIC Revisions:
Cheerio: ebus Rev 1
FFB Hardware Configuration:
Board rev: 2
FBC version: 0x3241906d
DAC: Brooktree 9070, version 1
3DRAM: Mitsubishi 130b, version 2
System PROM revisions:
OBP 3.29.0 2000/12/20 18:45 POST 3.1.0 2000/06/27 13:56
============================================
I don't know exactly what is the origin of the problem, How to solver or how to prevent to avoid further problems. This is the first time I have had this Kind of problem on my Server SUN.
I appreciate greatly, any tip o help.
Jimmy

Yup.
EOL in November 2002
Which means EOSL November 2007
http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/validateUser.do?target=Systems/U10/U10
Unless you've somehow maintained a service contract on that system,
by specific system serial number,
your best bet is to haunt an online auction site (such as Ebay),
and get a replacement cpu or cpus for shelf stock.
Your current OBP patch level is only down two patch levels,
but your kernel patch level is essentially "never patched".
If it were patched better it may have noticed the issue a lot sooner.
Expect to replace that cpu.

SUN Ultra-2 with Solaris 9 constantly self reboots

The Ultra-2 self reboots several times per day.
It is a kernel problem but I was unable to find a solution, so I hope that someone from this forum will help me.
The uname information is:
SunOS ermis 5.9 Generic_118558-14 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2
The log information is:
Oct 18 12:41:47 ermis SUNW,UltraSPARC: [ID 110026 kern.warning] WARNING: [AFT1] EDP event on CPU1 Data access at TL=0, errID 0x00000691.0326e08e
Oct 18 12:41:47 ermis AFSR 0x00000000.00400100<EDP> AFAR 0xffffffff.ffffffff
Oct 18 12:41:47 ermis AFSR.PSYND 0x0100(Score 95) AFSR.ETS 0x00 Fault_PC 0xfd6dbf38
Oct 18 12:41:47 ermis UDBH 0x0000 UDBH.ESYND 0x00 UDBL 0x0000 UDBL.ESYND 0x00
Oct 18 12:41:47 ermis SUNW,UltraSPARC: [ID 581146 kern.info] [AFT2] errID 0x00000691.0326e08e No error found in ecache (No fault PA available)
Oct 18 12:41:47 ermis SUNW,UltraSPARC: [ID 542596 kern.info] [AFT3] errID 0x00000691.0326e08e Above Error is in User Mode
Oct 18 12:41:47 ermis and is fatal: will reboot
Oct 18 12:41:47 ermis unix: [ID 855177 kern.warning] WARNING: [AFT1] initiating reboot due to above error in pid 580 (httpd)
Oct 18 12:41:52 ermis pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: tod0
Oct 18 12:41:52 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] tod0 is /pseudo/tod@0
Oct 18 12:42:04 ermis syslogd: going down on signal 15
Oct 18 12:42:26 ermis genunix: [ID 672855 kern.notice] syncing file systems...
Oct 18 12:42:26 ermis genunix: [ID 904073 kern.notice] done
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis genunix: [ID 540533 kern.notice] ^MSunOS Release 5.9 Version Generic_118558-14 32-bit
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis genunix: [ID 943905 kern.notice] Copyright 1983-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis Use is subject to license terms.
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis unix: [ID 349649 kern.info]
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis NOTICE: 64-bit OS installed, but the 32-bit OS is the default
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis for the processor(s) on this system.
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis See boot(1M) for more information.
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis Booting the 32-bit OS ...
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis genunix: [ID 678236 kern.info] Ethernet address = 8:0:20:8f:82:a0
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis unix: [ID 389951 kern.info] mem = 393216K (0x18000000)
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis unix: [ID 930857 kern.info] avail mem = 381861888
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis rootnex: [ID 466748 kern.info] root nexus = Sun Ultra 2 UPA/SBus (2 X UltraSPARC 200MHz)
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis rootnex: [ID 349649 kern.info] sbus0 at root: UPA 0x1f 0x0 ...
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sbus0 is /sbus@1f,0
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis scsi: [ID 365881 kern.info] /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,fas@e,8800000 (fas0):
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis rev 2.2 FEPS chip
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis sbus: [ID 349649 kern.info] fas0 at sbus0: SBus0 slot 0xe offset 0x8800000 and slot 0xe offset 0x8810000 Onboard device sparc9 ipl 4
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] fas0 is /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,fas@e,8800000
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis scsi: [ID 193665 kern.info] sd0 at fas0: target 0 lun 0
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sd0 is /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@0,0
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis scsi: [ID 193665 kern.info] sd1 at fas0: target 1 lun 0
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sd1 is /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@1,0
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis scsi: [ID 193665 kern.info] sd3 at fas0: target 3 lun 0
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sd3 is /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@3,0
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis scsi: [ID 193665 kern.info] sd6 at fas0: target 6 lun 0
Oct 18 12:43:09 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sd6 is /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@6,0
Oct 18 12:43:13 ermis swapgeneric: [ID 308332 kern.info] root on /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@1,0:a fstype ufs
Oct 18 12:43:14 ermis sbus: [ID 349649 kern.info] zs0 at sbus0: SBus0 slot 0xf offset 0x1100000 Onboard device sparc9 ipl 12
Oct 18 12:43:14 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] zs0 is /sbus@1f,0/zs@f,1100000
Oct 18 12:43:14 ermis sbus: [ID 349649 kern.info] zs1 at sbus0: SBus0 slot 0xf offset 0x1000000 Onboard device sparc9 ipl 12
Oct 18 12:43:14 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] zs1 is /sbus@1f,0/zs@f,1000000
Oct 18 12:43:17 ermis sbus: [ID 349649 kern.info] cgsix0 at sbus0: SBus0 slot 0x1 offset 0x0 SBus level 5 sparc9 ipl 9
Oct 18 12:43:17 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] cgsix0 is /sbus@1f,0/cgsix@1,0
Oct 18 12:43:17 ermis cgsix: [ID 260993 kern.info] cgsix0: screen 1152x900, single buffered, 1M mappable, rev 11
Oct 18 12:43:17 ermis unix: [ID 270833 kern.info] cpu0: UltraSPARC (portid 0 impl 0x10 ver 0x40 clock 200 MHz)
Oct 18 12:43:17 ermis unix: [ID 270833 kern.info] cpu1: UltraSPARC (portid 1 impl 0x10 ver 0x40 clock 200 MHz)
Oct 18 12:43:17 ermis unix: [ID 721127 kern.info] cpu 1 initialization complete - online
Oct 18 12:43:22 ermis hme: [ID 517527 kern.info] SUNW,hme0 : Sbus (Rev Id = 22) Found
Oct 18 12:43:22 ermis sbus: [ID 349649 kern.info] hme0 at sbus0: SBus0 slot 0xe offset 0x8c00000 and slot 0xe offset 0x8c02000 and slot 0xe offset 0x8c04000 and slot 0xe offset 0x8c06000 and slot 0xe offset 0x8c07000 Onboard device sparc9 ipl 6
Oct 18 12:43:22 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] hme0 is /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,hme@e,8c00000
Oct 18 12:43:24 ermis genunix: [ID 454863 kern.info] dump on /dev/dsk/c0t1d0s1 size 513 MB
Oct 18 12:43:26 ermis hme: [ID 517527 kern.info] SUNW,hme0 : Internal Transceiver Selected.
Oct 18 12:43:26 ermis hme: [ID 517527 kern.info] SUNW,hme0 : 100 Mbps Full-Duplex Link Up
Oct 18 12:43:30 ermis pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: devinfo0
Oct 18 12:43:30 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] devinfo0 is /pseudo/devinfo@0
Oct 18 12:43:30 ermis pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: laner0
Oct 18 12:43:30 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] laner0 is /pseudo/laner@0
Oct 18 12:43:43 ermis inetd[189]: [ID 965992 daemon.error] pop/tcp: unknown service
Oct 18 12:43:46 ermis pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: tod0
Oct 18 12:43:46 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] tod0 is /pseudo/tod@0
Oct 18 12:43:47 ermis pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: pm0
Oct 18 12:43:47 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] pm0 is /pseudo/pm@0
Oct 18 12:43:55 ermis pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: vol0
Oct 18 12:43:55 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] vol0 is /pseudo/vol@0
Oct 18 12:44:04 ermis pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: pm0
Oct 18 12:44:04 ermis genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] pm0 is /pseudo/pm@0

Hello,
I don't think it is a kernel problem but a h/ware problem.
CPU 1 reported an ecache (sram) data parity event,
the fault handling code in 5.9 can't do anything about the
error as it is in a page belonging to a user process so it reboots the box.
The no error found in ecache means that either the
fault handling code displaced the error from the cache or there
wasn't one and you had a transient transport error between the
cache and the cpu.
I would engage your h/ware support vendor to work out what h/ware component is broken as these things are quite complex, but the score of 95 would (to a h/ware novice like me) point to cpu 1 being the culprit - but check with an expert.
tim

Upgrade for Sun Ultra 60 without DVD--Act II?

29 January 2012
As I previously marked the original version of this question as Answered, let me return to it in a new thread. I have a Sun Ultra 60 Workstation running Solaris 9, and I wish to upgrade it to Solaris 10 (8/11 version). It will not take Solaris 11. But Solaris 10 only comes as a 2GB .iso image suitable for DVD, not CD. This machine has no DVD burner or reader.
User abrante (Magnus) suggested using lofiadd -a to interpret the .iso file as a logical device, mount the logical device on the system, then use Live Upgrade to create a Solaris 10 boot environment from the image. This all works, except for the last step. I can mount the .iso image as an ordinary file system, and browse through it in the usual way. I was able to load the Live Upgrade software via pkgadd. I was even able to run the Installer executable on the image, direct from the command line. This installed the Live Upgrade software again, but would not install anything else. And the kicker--the Live Upgrade software would not recognize the interpreted image as a Boot Environment. For that matter, it would not recognize the original boot environment on the system as a boot environment. For example:
unknown# lucurr
ERROR: No boot environments are configured on this system
ERROR: cannot determine boot environment name for mount point </>
unknown# lustatus
ERROR: No boot environments are configured on this system
ERROR: cannot determine list of all boot environment names
This is rather odd, as the system does boot to a working Solaris 9 system. Trying to use the .iso image--mounted on /mnt--as a source for lucreate gets
ERROR: source bot environment </mnt> does not exist.
ERROR: cannot create new boot environment using options provided.
OK, so what's the missing trick? How do I get the Live Upgrade software to recognize boot environments, and in particular how do I get it to recognize the .iso image interpreted by lofi?
Many thanks for your further assistance.
Sincerely,
Ian H. Redmount

Hello, Ian.
I am a happy owner of the old decent Ultra 10, the junior sibling of your Ultra 60. I faced the same problem with Solaris 11 11/11 Error: 'SUNW, UltraSPARC-IIi' is not supported by this release of Solaris. And I have a couple of solutions for you.
1. Buy a DVD drive :). I confirm that at least Solaris 10 update 7 installs from DVD and then runs on Ultra 10 flawlessly (I didnt' try current update 10). The only trick is: discard regular Ultra's 40-wire IDE cable, replace it with modern 80-wire one.
2. Download Solaris 11 Express (2010/11). I confirm it installs and runs on Ultra 10 flawlessly. Yes, it is n/a on the Oracle web site, but still easily available in torrent networks. Search for "Solaris 11 Express 2010.11", and you will find many torrents. You need "sol-11-exp-201011-text-sparc.iso" (452M) CD image. I believe that downloading Solaris 11 Express is legal.
One more thing - sometimes installer forgets to write a boot block on boot disk, and you may need to run installboot manually after installation.
Regards,
Konstantin Andreev.

SUN ULTRA 5 type 5 keyboard and mouse

Hi.
I have some questions about old SUN TYPE 5 keyboard and mouse.
I have got an very old ULTRA 5 machine just for little "playing" with just such type of keyboard and mouse ( SUN type 5).
I am wondering , if this input devices will fail, is it possible to get some other compatible type of keyboard and mouse for it ???
I am not SUN specialist , so I dont know - is it also possible to use also SUN type 6 keyboard / mouse with my ULTRA 5 workstation??? The connector type seems similar like a PS/2 , but I think there is no way to use standard PC PS/2 keyboard/mouse with it , or is it ??? Whats the best solution , where to get ULTRA 5 compatible keyboard/mouse ? Thank you veyr much for your answer.

Hello,
a Type 5 keyboard (lacks the power-on key) and mouse might work. The preferred types are Type 5c or Type 6.
Most OHCI compatible USB cards work (http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/products/hardware.html), but the USB keyboard and mouse aren't usable until the operating system (and USB driver) have been loaded (you have to configure keyboard and mouse manually).
I would recommend that you get a Sun Type 5c or Type 6 keyboard/mouse from second hand e.g. eBay. They are not that expensive anymore.
Another choice is to use the Ultra 5 via the serial console (text mode) and then use a X-Server to access the system (after installation of Solaris) via the network.
Michael

Installation of Solaris on an old Sun Ultra 2

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