From: Jon Godfrey (Jon.Godfrey@primus.com)
Date: Thu Apr 17 2003 - 15:06:09 EDT
Thanks for the responses so far. I did forget to mention that I had set
jumper J2703 to the 2+3 write enable mode. I even tried it on 1+2 (which
should be write protect) just for kicks. The error messages do change,
though. When the jumper is set to write-enable, I receive the error message
shown in the original message below. When set to write-protect, the message
comes back stating that the jumper is set incorrectly and is
write-protected.
For more information on the error message describing the need to replace the
system motherboard, see page 2-11 in the Sun Flash PROM Guide within the PDF
located at
http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/802-3233-21.pdf or
in Google's cache at
http://216.239.53.100/search?q=cache:AOBdkGHcyKoC:www.sun.com/products-n-sol
utions/hardware/docs/pdf/802-3233-21.pdf+Sun+flash+PROM+protected+sectors&hl
=en&ie=UTF-8#29
Thanks again!
-jon
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Godfrey [mailto:Jon.Godfrey@primus.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 11:29 AM
To: Sunmanagers (E-mail)
Subject: Ultra60, OPB, & Diff SCSI adapter
I've recently pulled a dual differential SCSI adapter from one of my E420s
that wasn't using it, and my goal is to attach a D1000 to my Ultra60.
Following the docs for the card installation, I'm supposed to see the
adapter when I issue a 'probe-scsi-all' from the OBP. The problem is that
I'm not seeing this. When the system runs POST at boot up, it does see the
card during the PCI slot probe and identifies it as 'scsiscsi'. When the
system boots, no new disks are seen as present. And, yes, I did boot with
the reconfigure options ;)
My new concern is maybe the OBP is too old to properly see this SCSI host
card. The current version is "OBP 3.11.25 1998/01/16 12:22" which I know is
seriously out of date. When I try to upgrade the OPB via the flash method,
I'm getting that classic error message (shown below) stating that there are
write-protected sectors in the flash chip. Best I've found from my
searching is to replace the system board to fix this. :(
Has anyone else run across a configuration similar to this and found a
solution. I'd rather not have to replace the system board if there's any
other workaround. Thoughts? Ideas? Thanks!
-jon
OBP Error Msg:
{0} ok boot disk /flash
Boot device: /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@0,0 File and args: /flash
Loading ufs-file-systemFCode UFS Reader 1.11 97/07/10 16:19:15.
Loading: /platform/SUNW,Ultra-60/ufsboot
Loading: /platform/sun4u/ufsboot
|
Standalone Flash PROM Update Utility, Rev. 2.7
Ultra(tm) 1
Ultra(tm) 2
Ultra(tm) 5/10
Ultra(tm) 30
Ultra(tm) 60 / E220R
Ultra(tm) 80 / E420R
Ultra(tm) Enterprise(tm) 250
Ultra(tm) Enterprise(tm) 450
Sun Blade(tm) 100
Sun Blade(tm) 1000
Sun Fire (tm) 280R
Netra(tm) T4
Sun Fire (tm) 880
The Flash PROM device in this system cannot be reprogrammed.
You need to contact your service provider for information on updating
the FLASH PROM device in this system. For further details, please
refer to the latest revision of
"Sun(tm) Flash PROM Guide for Workstations and Workgroup Servers -
Standalone Version"
Protected sectors: 12 13 14
Program terminated
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