17 Feb
2015
17 Feb
'15
12:58 a.m.
That's the problem... I have no idea. Bought it from eBay long time ago,
however I can make a dd image of the disk, but it could take a while
because the laptop is in the storage.
Since Sun's Solaris 2.5.1/2.6 didn't work on sparcbook3, I doubt
non-tadpole media will work on sparcbook2.
Also have another 4.1.3 sparcbook2 harddisk dd image from a friend, so you
could give it a try. If you are interested send me a email.
Regards,
Plamen
On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Josh Dersch <derschjo at gmail.com> wrote:
On 2/16/2015 12:18 AM, Plamen Mihaylov wrote:
My tadpole sparcbook 2 is running 4.1.3
happily.
Regards,
Plamen
Was that installed from standard Sun distribution media?
Thanks,
Josh
On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 7:34 PM, Josh Dersch
<derschjo at gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks, but I think Solaris 2.5 is much too new for the Sparcbook 2 (and
> I
> believe that the stock Sun versions of earlier versions (like SunOS
> 4.1.3)
> are incompatible as well -- it's been awhile since I last tried but I
> don't
> think the stock kernel will boot).
>
> If anyone knows differently, let me know...
>
> Thanks,
> Josh
>
>
> On 2/15/2015 1:47 AM, Mark Wickens wrote:
>
> I have Solaris 2.5 media and a backup of the tadpole ftp site which I
>> will
>> get round to putting online at some point soon. Keep pestering in the
>> meantime - feel free to send me private mail.
>>
>> Mark.
>>
>> On 15 February 2015 at 04:20, Jacob Ritorto <jacob.ritorto at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I have SunOS 4.1.3, still in the shrink wrap, if that helps. Will
>> have
>>
>>> to
>>> dig...
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 10:46 PM, Josh Dersch <derschjo at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Kind of a long shot, but hey. I've had this trusty old Sparcbook 2
>>> for
>>>
>>>> awhile now and I never did manage to track down any OS media for it.
>>>>
>>>> It's
>>>
>>> currently running a variant of SunOS 4.1.2 and the old 2.5" SCSI
>>>> drives
>>>> (plural) are still holding out, but I'd like to be able to revive it
>>>> when
>>>> they finally do go to silicon heaven.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have anything for these machines? These are significantly
>>>> different from the later Sparcbooks (which are considerably more
>>>> Sun-compatible, hardware wise)...
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Josh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>