Re: Diskless Ultra 1 possible?

From: DoN. Nichols (dnichols_at_d-and-d.com)
Date: 03/25/05

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    In article <1111634318.193622.170500@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
    rodders <john.rodders@gmail.com> wrote:
    >Hi, hoping some of the gurus here can help me as i have no experiance
    >with Suns. I acquired an old Ultra 1 with no hard disk. I'm trying to
    >net-boot an installer, install Solaris 8 on an NFS partition, then boot
    >the installed OS. Most guides to net installs seem to assume i have a
    >HDD but no CDROM...
    >I have tftp, rarpd, bootparamd and NFS installed and my /etc/bootparams
    >looks like this:
    >
    >doorstop root=192.168.1.1:/share/solaris/Solaris_8/Tools/Boot \
    >install=192.168.1.1:/share/solaris/Solaris_8 \
    >rootopts=:rsize=32768 boottype=:in

            Having read the responses to this point, I have to ask:
    *Why* do you want it to be diskless?

            For Solaris 8, you can install it on a 9GB drive, and an 18 GB
    drive should give you all the elbow room you need. (Solaris 10,
    however, seems to require a 36 GB drive with reasonable partitioning. :-)

            And 18 GB SCA drives show up on eBay all the time, as do 9GB
    ones.

            You'll also need a Sun "spud" to mount the drive in the
    system chassis.

            The first drive with a spud found on a quick eBay search is a
    "Buy it Now" at $39.00 (Plus $19 S&H fee -- you have to look out for
    those). This one is auction #5177412321.

            You can certainly find the drives for less, but then you might
    have to order the spuds separately, and this is probably easier.

            Here is the search string which I used:

                    disk drive SCA spud

            Good Luck,
                    DoN.

             

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