I have a Sun Blade 100 that when the power failes and then returnes again after the outage the blade remains off. I have updated my Openboot to the latest firmware release but this had no effect. I have noticed that others have this problem see the news group post at <a ...

Can someone give me some ideas as to where to look for reasons why this could be going on?<pre>Sun Microsystems Inc.SunOS 5.9Generic May 2002bash-2.05# uname -aSunOS Falcon 5.9 Generic_112233-11 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraAX-ebash-2.05# file /usr/openwin/bin/Xsun/usr/openwin/bin/Xsun: ELF ...

Started out wqith an Ultra 1 at OBP 3.5. Upgraded it to Solaris 9. During the install I was offered (but declined) the option to upgrade the firmware to 3.11.System booted just fine - very happy.Then in an attack of conscience, I decided to revisit the OBP issue. Downloaded patch 104881-08 from ...

Hello all,does anyone tried to connect a IDE DVD-ROM drive to a Ultra 5 machine ? Will it work ?Thanks

I have this message at boot :What's that ?Thanksar 30 16:59:18 eurodoc5 unix: WARNING: /<a href="mailto:pci@1f" target="_blank">pci@1f</a>,0/<a href="mailto:pci@1" target="_blank">pci@1</a>,1/<a href="mailto:ide@3" target="_blank">ide@3</a> (ata0):^M^MMar 30 ...

Got a SunBlade 150. Trying to install Solaris 8 from CD.In OBP, when I do a "boot cdrom", I get:Boot device: /<a href="mailto:pci&#64;1f" target="_blank">pci@1f</a>,0/<a href="mailto:ide&#64;d" target="_blank">ide@d</a>/<a ...

<font color="red"></font> I got a ultra 5 from ebay to learn solaris, when I hit "stop A" and then "boot cdrom" to install the OS, it asks me for a firmware password which I don't have, what are my options, is there like a master password or something. Please ...

I've got an Ultra 10 that I'd like to replace the hard drive in. Here are the specs on it:Motherboard:375-0009OBP:3.31CPU:360 MhzMemory: 512MbOS:Solaris 9 with latest patch cluster as of SeptemberRight now It's got the 4.xx gig drive that came with it. I'd like to replace this with a much ...

It's about an Ultra1e 170 I'm afraid I have killed.I will though appreciate some post-mortrn analyse from gurus, to learn more from that experience.I need also advice: must I swap the whole systemboard (I think it's what is needed) or only the NVRAM.So the story:an U1e170 happily running ...

Hi everybody,I'm desperately seeking for a possiblity to add large storage capacity to a Blade 1000 workstation. I don't have this system yet, but I tend to buy it this week. As an alternative there would be a Blade 1500, which is full IDE/ATAPI. But the 1500 is offered with only 512MB, has ...

I've just applied the latest Open Boot Prom patch #116698-03 to my Blade 1500. The patch apparently succeeeded, according to the onscreen messages. At the end of the process, the system beeped three times and powered itself down.The same thing happens when I turn the power back on. After about ...

Hello,Firstly, I am new to solaris and sun so any help is greatly appreciated. I have spent a great deal of time reading this forum and I have not managed to fix this problem and I hope that I can include all the information needed to get a solution.I am trying to boot from the CDROM of my ...

Hi! I own a Ultra 10 300mhz with a 375-0009 motherboard... I read that 375-0009 is not tested with 440mhz cpuDid someone here tested it, or know the procedure?I don't want to buy another complete ultra 10 workstation if i can buy a 50$ CPU on ebay :(Thanks! ...

HiI ve got a Ultra 30 with 3D creator. I am trying to connect it to my Dell 15" TFT monito with a 13w3 converter. The problem is that as soon as I plug the converter to the monitor this goes to a save energy mode. Has someone has this problem? Is it related to de refresh rate or pinout of ...

Hello,Where to find a "complete new Sun ultra10" eventhough "Sun Microsystem" has EOL this model ?Cheeriojohnny

What is the cheapest option for driving a 1920x1200x60 DVI-D display from a sparc system?I've got an Ultra 80 and Ultra 60 but from the research I've done, the only option for them seems to be an XVR-1000 which is as expensive as an entirely new system!XVR-100 should work but apparently ...

Hello.Sorry about my english.I have a problem with SUN ULTRA 5.I removed the master drive (Seagate Model ST320420A) and installed new drive (Western Digital WD400EB - 40GB EIDE).The WD400EB capacity is 40GB but the OS (Solaris 2.6) recognize only 8GB. What could be the trouble?Any help would be ...

Hi all,I have a problem that I can't install Solaris 10 from cdrom.The screen stop on "Use of subject license terms". Then no response when I press any key.My Ultra10 config is 440Mhz, 256MB Ram, 80GB HDD, OEM-Floppy and OEM-CDROM. I have tested my ram from ok boot prompt and HDD is ...

I have a critical problem , that:i have a VSAT NMS based on SUNspark 20 ,solaris 2.5.1 environmentsuddenly vsat system is down , and no disply on the SUN monitor?no thing to do !!!?the light emiting diode is green on SUNspark?SO please could you guide me to analys the problem and solve it ?/ ...

I would like to connect an Ultra 5 to my SBC wireless (2wire) router.Does Sun have drivers for any 3rd party wireless ethernet cards ?I have Solaris 8/9. Thanks

Hi there,Not sure if this is the right forum to post, but we'll see...I am trying to understand why my SB1K gives me abysmal performance on sequential read/write...My setup is 2x15,000RPM 36GB drives, Solaris 10. I run the Nastran FEA solver, which sometimes creates huge scratch files that are ...

Hi there,I recently upgraded my SB1K from Elite3D m6 to XVR-1000 and I am a little disapointed by the performance... Quite often, when using an OGL application, and doing some dynamic viewing (rotation, ...), the graphics stop as if the card was playing catch-up... This seems very odd... I'm ...

hi, i have na sun UltraSparc II 450 server. i try to install an other operating system for testing and seeing how it works with it. i intall debian 3.1 on this server. after some small problems operating system is starts working. here is my problem, server cooling fans doesn't stop after ...

Hello ,I am in search of get all or most the possible hardware errors that can be logged by solaris 9 in "\dev\log" along with the message strings.Could someone help?Thanks in advance.

Hi,I saw that Seagate ST336605LC with SCSILC320 interface works for Ultra60. <a href=" http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/U60/components.html#Disks" target="_blank"> http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Systems/U60/components. html#Disks</a>May I know how do I change the ...

HiIs it possible to upgrade a AXI motherboard with a 200 or 300 MHz processor to a 400MHz processor?Thanks for the help

I have an Ultra 10 with 256 MB (2x128) of RAM that is working fine. I just added 512 MB (2x256) of RAM and now it won't boot. The proper amount of RAM is displayed during POST and it begins booting, but after a few seconds of the twirling \|/- it hangs and never continues booting.I have tried ...

I've been trying to install Solaris 10 on an Sun Ultra 5 with a 20Gb hard disk with little luck. The disk is the 20Gb Seagate that it came with. On the installation it appears to not be detecting any more than 8Gb of the disk.I've noticed this a common problem in earlier versions of Solaris ...

I am looking at getting a used system for personal use, I have been considering between a Ultra 60 and a Blade 100. Would a Ultra 60 with dual 450 be a significant increase over a blade with 1 cpu?

I recently bought a SunSPARCstaion 5 off eBay last year.Along with Solaris 7 for SPARC computers. I got a connector for it so i could use to with my monitor and a sun type 5c keybord and mouse for it. When I fired the machines up it seemed to be booting, but then it stops. At an error about not ...

Hello,Is there any command to erase the content of all nvram?If I want to erase several devalias I must do one by one.Thank you.

I just got a call from work and one of the Blade 1000's died. Monitor say's no signal, and they say the fans are not running and the power button led is not lit. Off hand it sounds like a power supply but I have not had one go out before in all the 30+ units I deal take care of. Just curious ...

HelloI have an Ultra 10 machine with an Einstein motherboard (bought this one so I could fit the 440 MHz cpu).I noticed a bad pin on the daughter board (system board) and tried to sort it but it broke.I was wondering if any one could point me to the pin out of the board? I have tried the ...

I have 2 problems:1. the /(root) disk requires an fsck to be run but I am unable to login as root in single-user mode because the root password is not accepted2. trying to boot from the cdrom to remove the root password has the following error:boot: cannot open kernel/sparcv9/unixI have checked ...

I have a blade 2000, I want to put it in an enclosed computer cabinent, I want to know if it would run to hot being in the cabinet; also can we rack mount it

I am newbie to Sun. May I know how do Install and configure an external SCSI hard drive. I already had it connected physically and rebooted the whole box, but Solaris 10 didn't find it. What do I need to do.

Hello everyoneI have a Blade 1000 with an Elite-3D-m6 card.I connected a display using the 13w3-to-VGA adapter. This did not work because the Elite 3D generates a "csync" signal while the display needs a "vsync" signal. ("csync" can be used as "hsync" as ...

Hello All,I am running Sunbld 2000/Solaris 8 with default Network Interface configured already. Yesterday, i added the second Network Card (Sun fastenthernet card) to the system but there was the only problem happening with automatic regconition of MAC addresses on the system, only problem is ...

Hi allI have a PC keyboard plugged in via a Sun Keyboard/Mouse adapter does anyone know the shortcut for STOP A? so i can get to the OK prompt.cheers

hello i am georgei don't no anything about solaris 9 i am new user and i have problems... first : how i set my pc to the net (ip ... if config... ?) thanks...if i help the answer after write "ifconfig bge0 auto-dhcp start " is not propried interface.

excuse mehow to read cpu speed ?how to display cpu speed?how to claculator cpu speed?on banner displayer cpu speed ?

Hello.I have a Blade 1000 with a SunPCi II (Chimera) card. According to the SunPCi II manual such cards support Windows NT, 2000 and XP. The SunPCi software comes with special installation programs for these systems.But after trying to install Windows XP (Prof., Ger.), Windows 2000 (Workst., ...

Has anyone seen and have ideas about the following problem. We had a Blade 150 running Solaris 5.8. Once in a while when we would start the boot process by clicking the power button on the Blade, it would light, beep and so forth as normal but the video screen would never become active, meaning ...

Hello,I have rescued a forgotten Sun Fire 280R. The problem is when I try to boot the host because I can not see any prompt neither a vt420 terminal, windows hyperterminal, Linux minicom or Solaris tip. The host seems to boot ok and the connections property are ok (I think so...): 9600 8n1. I ...

I have this Sparcstation 10 which has worked fine until yesterday. When I turn it on it shows me the banner and then it prints "Testing memory" for a half second before it just reboots and the same thing happend again and again...I tried diag-switch? true and that showed that after ...

Hello.I am a sun newbie and I want to know how to change the SCSI default 32104567 to 01234567? Thanks.

I have an Enterprise 450 4X450MZ processors, and 4 gB of mem. The display is very slow, window moves produce a grid across the window while the move is taking place. The LCD display is a SONY sdm-n50. The display card shows as follows in the messages file:Oct 20 20:36:08 RTR-Home450 pcipsy: ...

Hican anybody tell me if it is possible/recommended to use a 250 Gig IDE-disk in a SUN Ultra5 Workstation?

Hello all..Last winter I purchased 4x Sun Ultra 2's with single 200Mhz CPU's in each ( CPU #501-4791), I have since removed the CPU's from 2 of the machines, and installed them on the other 2 Chassies (leaving me with 2x Ultra 2's with dual 200Mhz, 2x Ultra 2's with no CPU's). The two ...

Anyone have recommendations for 19-inch LCD's for a blade-1500?Thanks.