huge@ukmisc.org.uk (Huge) writes:

>Anyone know where I can download a recent image of the OBP for and
>Ultra 2? Everything seems to have changed, and it no longer seems to
>be available for download.

See what I've got available at my bootROM archive page:

http://www.sunshack.org/data/bootroms.html

Regards,

Craig.

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Kralizec Craig <cd@lios.apana.org.au> writes:
>huge@ukmisc.org.uk (Huge) writes:
>
>>Anyone know where I can download a recent image of the OBP for and
>>Ultra 2? Everything seems to have changed, and it no longer seems to
>>be available for download.
>
>See what I've got available at my bootROM archive page:
>
>http://www.sunshack.org/data/bootroms.html

Websensed as "Adult: Sex" at work ... I've emailed Websense.

It's downloading right now. Thanks!

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Huge wrote:

> Websensed as "Adult: Sex" at work ... I've emailed Websense.

Maybe the websense people *really* *really* like Sun gear? The mind boggles.

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huge@ukmisc.org.uk (Huge) writes:

>Kralizec Craig <cd@lios.apana.org.au> writes:
>>huge@ukmisc.org.uk (Huge) writes:
>>
>>>Anyone know where I can download a recent image of the OBP for and
>>>Ultra 2? Everything seems to have changed, and it no longer seems to
>>>be available for download.
>>
>>See what I've got available at my bootROM archive page:
>>
>>http://www.sunshack.org/data/bootroms.html

>Websensed as "Adult: Sex" at work ... I've emailed Websense.

>It's downloading right now. Thanks!

Hope it downloaded ok. Let me know if you had problems with the download and
I'll check the FTP server to make sure it's ok. Unfortunately I don't have
access to the private area of SunSolve anymore so I can't get more up to
date OBP patches, but for most of the early Ultrasparc machines what's on my
bootROM page is going to be the newest OBP update (or close to it).

Regards,

Craig.
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GWS <one4sun@lios.apana.org.au> writes:
>huge@ukmisc.org.uk (Huge) writes:
>
>>Kralizec Craig <cd@lios.apana.org.au> writes:
>>>huge@ukmisc.org.uk (Huge) writes:
>>>
>>>>Anyone know where I can download a recent image of the OBP for and
>>>>Ultra 2? Everything seems to have changed, and it no longer seems to
>>>>be available for download.
>>>
>>>See what I've got available at my bootROM archive page:
>>>
>>>http://www.sunshack.org/data/bootroms.html
>
>>Websensed as "Adult: Sex" at work ... I've emailed Websense.
>
>>It's downloading right now. Thanks!
>
>Hope it downloaded ok. Let me know if you had problems with the download and
>I'll check the FTP server to make sure it's ok.

It appears to be. It uncompressed and untarred OK. I haven't installed it
yet (my Ultra 2 is in a rack and getting it out to change the flash PROM
jumper is going to be a PITA).

>Unfortunately I don't have
>access to the private area of SunSolve anymore so I can't get more up to
>date OBP patches, but for most of the early Ultrasparc machines what's on my
>bootROM page is going to be the newest OBP update (or close to it).

I'm hoping to get 64bit - I'm slightly concerned that the patch only mentions
32bit ...

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In aus.computers.sun Kralizec Craig <cd@lios.apana.org.au> wrote:
>>Anyone know where I can download a recent image of the OBP for and
>>Ultra 2? Everything seems to have changed, and it no longer seems to
>>be available for download.
>
> See what I've got available at my bootROM archive page:
>
> http://www.sunshack.org/data/bootroms.html

Or even better, you could download them from the only place it's legal
to do so, http://sunsolve.sun.com (hint: no login is required)

Scott

Scott Howard <scott@hunterlink.net.au> writes:
>In aus.computers.sun Kralizec Craig <cd@lios.apana.org.au> wrote:
>>>Anyone know where I can download a recent image of the OBP for and
>>>Ultra 2? Everything seems to have changed, and it no longer seems to
>>>be available for download.
>>
>> See what I've got available at my bootROM archive page:
>>
>> http://www.sunshack.org/data/bootroms.html
>
>Or even better, you could download them from the only place it's legal
>to do so, http://sunsolve.sun.com (hint: no login is required)

And Sun's site is so badly designed (even after a major redesign) that
it's virtually impossible to find anything, and having found what I think I
want, clicking on the "readme" link yields an error "You must enter a
valid patch ID". Yeah, right. Legal, maybe. Crap, definitely. I think
I shall do what I usually do - get one of the Sun sysadmins at work
work to get a copy.

http://www.sunsolve.com is not what you might think, either...



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huge@ukmisc.org.uk (Huge) writes:
>Scott Howard <scott@hunterlink.net.au> writes:
>>In aus.computers.sun Kralizec Craig <cd@lios.apana.org.au> wrote:
>>>>Anyone know where I can download a recent image of the OBP for and
>>>>Ultra 2? Everything seems to have changed, and it no longer seems to
>>>>be available for download.
>>>
>>> See what I've got available at my bootROM archive page:
>>>
>>> http://www.sunshack.org/data/bootroms.html
>>
>>Or even better, you could download them from the only place it's legal
>>to do so, http://sunsolve.sun.com (hint: no login is required)
>
>And Sun's site is so badly designed (even after a major redesign) that
>it's virtually impossible to find anything, and having found what I think I
>want, clicking on the "readme" link yields an error "You must enter a
>valid patch ID". Yeah, right. Legal, maybe. Crap, definitely.

It gets worse. The link to the actual patch doesn't work, either.

I'm deeply impressed. Not.



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huge@ukmisc.org.uk (Huge) writes:
>huge@ukmisc.org.uk (Huge) writes:
>>Scott Howard <scott@hunterlink.net.au> writes:
>>>In aus.computers.sun Kralizec Craig <cd@lios.apana.org.au> wrote:
>>>>>Anyone know where I can download a recent image of the OBP for and
>>>>>Ultra 2? Everything seems to have changed, and it no longer seems to
>>>>>be available for download.
>>>>
>>>> See what I've got available at my bootROM archive page:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.sunshack.org/data/bootroms.html
>>>
>>>Or even better, you could download them from the only place it's legal
>>>to do so, http://sunsolve.sun.com (hint: no login is required)
>>
>>And Sun's site is so badly designed (even after a major redesign) that
>>it's virtually impossible to find anything, and having found what I think I
>>want, clicking on the "readme" link yields an error "You must enter a
>>valid patch ID". Yeah, right. Legal, maybe. Crap, definitely.
>
>It gets worse. The link to the actual patch doesn't work, either.
>
>I'm deeply impressed. Not.

Found it at last, by the usual technique of using Google to search
Sunsolve rather than Sun's deeply pathetic search engine.

Document Audience: PUBLIC
Document ID: 104169-08
Title: Hardware/PROM: Ultra 2 Standalone Flash PROM Update
Update Date: Wed Nov 07 09:27:05 MST 2001

It appears to be the same patch I found quickly and easily on Scott's page.

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huge@ukmisc.org.uk (Huge) writes:

>I'm hoping to get 64bit - I'm slightly concerned that the patch only mentions
>32bit ...


The PROMs added 64 bit support fairly early on.

Casper