I've written some documentation for myself to netboot and then netinstall from a centos server. If anyone is interested, I can post it. To do the netinstall rsh has to be enabled and the cdrom data has to be located at /usr/etc/install/tar on the server machine.

Its a little rough, but it should cover most of the nasty parts. Brian -------------------------------------------- SunOS 4.1.1 Network Installation For my setup, I used these settings: * the ip for the sun box will be 192.168.0.92 * the mac address for the sun box is 08:00:20:00:4E:BD * the ip for the server box will be 192.168.0.253 * the server box is Centos 5 * the name of the sun box is (creatively) sun3 * the nfsroot for the sun3 box is server:/raid/shared/sun3 ($SUN3HOME) 1) download these directories from www.sun3arc.org somewhere ($SUN3ARC): BootTapes/Sun3 Misc-Patches Sun-Patches precompiled 2) create root directory for the sun3 to nfs boot into. you'll need to be root so all of the permissions and ownership are set correctly. cd $SUN3HOME tar -xzf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_proto_root.sunos_4_1_1.tar.Z mkdir usr cd usr tar -xzf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_usr.tar.Z mkdir kvm cd kvm tar -xzf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_kvm.tar.Z tar -xzf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_sys.tar.Z cd $SUN3HOME/usr tar -xzf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_install.tar.Z tar -xzf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_manual.tar.Z tar -xzf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_text.tar.Z tar -xzf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_networking.tar.Z cd $SUN3HOME ln -s usr/kvm/stand/vmunix . cp $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/miniroot_sun3 . cp $SUn3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/munix* . cd dev ./MAKEDEV std 3) create a swap file cd $SUN3HOME dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile bs=1048576 count=64 4) setup rarpd 4a) install rarpd yum install -y rarpd 4b) populate /etc/ethers: 08:00:20:00:4E:BD 192.168.0.92 4c) start rarpd /sbin/service rarpd start 5) setup tftp 5a) install tftp yum install -y tftp-server tftp 5b) link to standalone boot. Hex value of 192.168.0.92 is C0A8005C cd /tftpboot cp $SUN3HOME/usr/kvm/stand/boot.sun3 . ln -s boot3.sun C0A8005C 5c) enable tftp by setting 'disable' to 'no' in /etc/xinetd.d/tftp 5d) restart xinetd /sbin/service xinetd restart 6) give the sun3 a name. Add this line to /etc/hosts: 192.168.0.92 sun3 7) setup bootparamd 7a) install yum install -y bootparamd 7b) configure by adding this line to /etc/bootparams sun3 root=192.168.0.253:/raid/shared/sun3 gateway=192.168.0.254:0xffffff00 swap= 192.168.0.253:/raid/shared/sun3/swapfile 8) setup nfs 8a) exprot the root file system and swap by adding these lines to /etc/exports /raid/shared/sun3 192.168.0.0/24(rw,insecure,no_root_squash) /raid/shared/sun3/swapfile 192.168.0.0/24(rw,insecure,no_root_squash) 9) start up all of the rpc-style servers /sbin/service portmap restart /sbin/service nfs restart /sbin/service bootparamd restart **** At this you should be able to boot the sun3 over nfs using "b le()". **** it will have some failures, but you should have a root prompt. **** My boot looks like this: ------------------------- Boot: le(0,0,0) Using IP Address 192.168.0.92 = C0A8005C Booting from tftp server at 192.168.0.254 = C0A800FE Downloaded 101800 bytes from tftp server. Using IP Address 192.168.0.92 = C0A8005C hostname: sun3.example.com domainname: (none) server name '192.168.0.253' root pathname '/raid/shared/sun3' root on 192.168.0.253:/raid/shared/sun3 fstype nfs Boot: vmunix Size: 893160+189568+202104 bytes SunOS Release 4.1.1 (GENERIC) #1: Sat Oct 13 06:05:48 PDT 1990 Copyright (c) 1983-1990, Sun Microsystems, Inc. mem = 24576K (0x1800000) avail mem = 23486464 Ethernet address = 8:0:20:0:4e:bd si0 at obio 0x140000 pri 2 st0 at si0 slave 32 st1 at si0 slave 40 st2 at si0 slave 24 st3 at si0 slave 16 sr0 at si0 slave 48 sd0 at si0 slave 0 sd0:<seagate> sd1 at si0 slave 1 sd2 at si0 slave 8 sd3 at si0 slave 9 sd4 at si0 slave 16 sd6 at si0 slave 24 zs0 at obio 0x20000 pri 3 zs1 at obio 0x0 pri 3 le0 at obio 0x120000 pri 3 bwtwo0 at obmem 0xff000000 pri 4 bwtwo0: resolution 1152 x 900 hostname: sun3.example.com domainname: (none) root on 192.168.0.253:/raid/shared/sun3 fstype nfs swap on 192.168.0.253:/raid/shared/sun3/swapfile fstype nfs size 65536K dump on 192.168.0.253:/raid/shared/sun3/swapfile fstype nfs size 65512K Can't invoke /sbin/init, error 2 Can't invoke /single/init, error 2 Can't invoke /etc/init, error 2 Can't invoke /bin/init, error 2 init is /usr/etc/init mount: server:/execdir: RPC: Unknown host mount: giving up on: /usr checking filesystems Remount of / failed - check /etc/fstab # ----------------------------------- ******* Unless specified otherwise, the commands from now on will be ******* on the sun3 machine. 10) figure out what kind of hard disk you actually have on the machine and partition it. I had to netboot netbsd to get the cylinders/heads/sectors data since sunos doesn't print that information. Current partition table (unnamed): partition a - starting cyl 0, # blocks 132060 (124/0/0) partition b - starting cyl 125, # blocks 133125 (125/0/0) partition c - starting cyl 0, # blocks 2028825 (1905/0/0) partition d - starting cyl 0, # blocks 0 (0/0/0) partition e - starting cyl 0, # blocks 0 (0/0/0) partition f - starting cyl 0, # blocks 0 (0/0/0) partition g - starting cyl 251, # blocks 1760445 (1653/0/0) partition h - starting cyl 0, # blocks 0 (0/0/0) 11) copy the miniroot to the 'b' partition: dd if=/miniroot_sun3 of=/dev/rsd0b bs=1024 12) setup RSH on server host for remote installation 12a) install the software yum install -y rsh-server 12b) enable the software set 'disable' to 'no' in /etc/xinetd.d/rsh 12c) setup .rhosts and /etc/hosts.equiv echo "192.168.0.92 +">> /etc/hosts.equiv echo "192.168.0.92">> /root/.rhosts chmod 600 /root/.rhosts chmod 600 /etc/hosts.equiv 12d) make 'rsh' a secure tty so root can log into it echo "rsh">> /etc/securetty 12e) restart xinetd /sbin/service xinetd restart 13) create CD image on server for remote installation 13a) create cdrom image directory ($SUN3CD) 13b) create symlink from /usr/etc/install to $SUN3CD 13c) create necessary directories and populate them cd $SUN3CD mkdir -p tar/export/exec/kvm/sun3_sunos_4_1_1 cd tar/export/exec/kvm/sun3_sunos_4_1_1 gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_kvm.tar.Z> kvm cp $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/miniroot_sun3 . gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_sys.tar.Z> sys cp $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/SunOS411.sun3.CDROM.xdrtoc xdrtoc cd $SUN3CD/tar/export/exec gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_proto_root.sunos_4_1_1.tar.Z> proto_ro ot_sunos_4_1_1 mkdir -p $SUN3CD/tar/export/exec/sun3_sunos_4_1_1 cd $SUN3CD/tar/export/exec/sun3_sunos_4_1_1 gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_debugging.tar.Z> debugging gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_demo.tar.Z> demo gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_games.tar.Z> games gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_graphics.tar.Z> graphics gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_install.tar.Z> install gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_networking.tar.Z> networking gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_openwindows_demo.tar.Z> openwindows_de mo gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_openwindows_fonts.tar.Z> openwindows_f onts gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_openwindows_programmers.tar.Z> openwin dows_programmers gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_openwindows_users.tar.Z> openwindows_u sers gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_rfs.tar.Z> rfs gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_security.tar.Z> security gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_shlib_custom.tar.Z> shlib_custom gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_sunview_demo.tar.Z> sunview_demo gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_sunview_programmers.tar.Z> sunview_pro grammers gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_sunview_users.tar.Z> sunview_users gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_system_v.tar.Z> system_v gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_text.tar.Z> text gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_tli.tar.Z> tli gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_user_diag.tar.Z> user_diag gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_usr.tar.Z> usr gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_uucp.tar.Z> uucp gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_versatec.tar.Z> versatec mkdir -p $SUN3CD/tar/export/share/sunos_4_1_1 cd $SUN3CD/tar/export/share/sunos_4_1_1 gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_manual.tar.Z> manual mkdir -p $SUN3CD/tar/patches/sunos_4_1_1 cd $SUN3CD/tar/patches/sunos_4_1_1 gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_patch_cplusplus_2_0.tar.Z> patch_cplus plus_2_0 gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_patch_ipc.tar.Z> patch_ipc gunzip -cf $SUN3ARC/BootTapes/Sun3/sun3_patch_taac.tar.Z> patch_taac cd $SUN3CD echo sun3.sun3.sunos.4.1.1>avail_arches 14) boot into the miniroot sync sync sync halt b sd(0,0,1) -sw 15) neat. Now I'm in the miniroot! Start install: suninstall 2 (custom) 4 (other) vt100 [select timezone] [accept bogus time] [setup network] [use existing label, mountpoints for / and /usr] [software from: sr0, remote, mediahost = "server", address = 192.168.0.253, all software, /usr, /usr/kvm] [marvel at the list of software!] [start the installation] 16) reboot into your fancy sunos 4.1.1 installation <break> b sd() ** root has no password! ** 17) update to 4.1.1U1 * gunzip $SUN3ARC/Sun-Patches/Sun_4.1.1U1.tar.gz on a linux box * copy the tarball to the sun3 * extract the tarball in /var/tmp taperw -- tape extraction tool tapeu1.01 -- copyright file tapeu1.02 -- tarball of installer tapeu1.03 -- data tarball tapeu1.04 -- data tarball sun3 tapeu1.05 -- data tarball sun3x tapeu1.06 -- copyright file * put things where they belong and install cd /var/tmp mkdir unbundled cd unbundled tar -xf ../tapeu1.02 cd .. mkdir bin cd bin cp ../tapeu1.03 tar.2 cp ../tapeu1.04 tar.3 cp ../tapeu1.05 tar.4 cd .. shutdown now # go to single user mode cd /var/tmp/unbundled ./install_unbundled -m/var/tmp 18) install the y2kpatch from www.sun3arc.org/Misc-Patches

On 08/29/2011 04:07 PM, Josh Dersch wrote: running as a host for my Symbolics UX400. The UX400 support software requires SunOS 4.1 which I used to have on CD, but I now appear to have misplaced. (I have a copy of 4.1.4, but it only supports Sun4 machines yes, I've confirmed that this machine will boot from CD.) The last release of SunOS to support 68K ("sun3x" kernel architecture for the 68030-based machines, the 3/80 ad 3/400, all others are "sun3") is 4.1.1_U1. I have boot tape images, but not a CDROM image. I don't think I've ever seen it on CDROM for 68K. -Dave -- Dave McGuire Port Charlotte, FL

If memory serves, it's still on the CD-ROM alongside SPARC, if you know where to look. I don't have my SunOS CD-ROMs with me to check, though.

They are, iirc, and you can even boot from them. The instructions I used may have been these: http://www.sun3arc.org/install/install.phtml --Toby

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Toby Thain <toby at telegraphics.com.au> wrote: If I look at the contents of this CD-ROM I only see sun4c, sun4, sun4m binaries. I don't see any sun3 binaries. SunOS 4.1.3 SUNBIN

sun4c, sun4, sun4m CD-ROM (boot format) 1 of 1 704-3095-10 Solaris(R) 1.1 SMCC Version A Sun-4(TM), Sun-4c, Sun-4m, SPARC(R) Part Number: 704-3095-05 Rev. 50 CD-ROM (1 of 1) ISO 9660 format

If memory serves, it's still on the CD-ROM alongside SPARC, if you know where to look. I don't have my SunOS CD-ROMs with me to check, though. --Toby

First, a belated thanks to the many people who helped me out finding SunOS 4.1.1 images for my Sun3. I now have a CD image that contains both Sun3 and Sun4 binaries, as well as a set of QIC boot tapes for same. Unfortunately, I haven't had a lot of luck getting either to boot on my machine. What I'm getting when attempting to boot from either CD or Tape: Boot: st(0,0,0) Error (PSR = 0x203) Timeout Bus Error: Vaddr: 02000000, Paddr 00000000, Write, FC 5, Size 2 at 0xFEFE0926 When booting from CD, the drive spins up and the access light flickers a bit for a fraction of a second before the above diagnostic is spit out, for tape, the tape is accessed for 15-20 seconds before the error pops up. I'm unsure what this diagnostic message indicates. What I've got set up here is kind of a mishmash of parts -- the chassis is a Sun 3/150 (6-slot VME) and what I'm attempting to run in it is configured as follows: Slot 0: Sun 3/4xx CPU (501-1550) with mono (bwtwo) framebuffer in the P4 slot. Slot 1: 32MB memory (501-1451) Slot 2: Sun3 SCSI (501-1217) I've verified that the jumpers on the backplane are configured correctly (via the guide here: http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/sun/sun3/813-2038-05_Sun-3_150_Card_Assignment…). I've also ensured that the SCSI chain is properly terminated (at the moment I only have a tape drive or CD drive connected.) The CD drive is jumpered for 512-byte blocks, the tape drive is just a plain old QIC-150 which I've used with Sun machines before. The machine passes all diagnostics and -seems- to be running fine, I just can't get it to boot anything. I have not yet tried netbooting (I don't currently have a *nix machine set up to do the job). I also have a spare 3/4xx CPU and spare 32mb board -- I get exactly the same results with those installed. I do have a Sun 3/150 CPU board, and if I install that I can get it to boot from tape (it's too old to attempt a CD boot) but I don't have any memory for it other than the 4mb onboard, which is pretty tight. I'd love to get the 3/400 cpu running -- anyone have any suggestions? Thanks as always, Josh