Tadpole Sparcbook 2 OS media...

[Plamen Mihaylov]

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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>