Date: Mon, 7 Sep 98 10:47:54 EST From: Dwight McKay (The Moderator) Reply-To: Suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com Subject: Suns-at-Home Digest V11 #27 To: Suns-at-Home-List Suns-at-Home Digest Mon, 7 Sep 98 Volume 11 : Issue 27 Today's Topics: Changing the IP address of my SPARCbook Connecting a PC to a Sun's serial port. Dead 3/60? evil Sun suspend mode (2 msgs) evil Sun suspend mode, resolved Free Solaris for non-commercial use FS: SPARCstation 2 system (CANADA) Keyboard and memory for a Sun IPC Older Sun Y2k question Solaris R2.6 in 12M RAM... SPARC LX Memory Question Sparc Station LX/VT420 Connection Question Suns-at-Home Digest V11 #24 Suns-at-Home Digest V11 #26 (2 msgs) What Exactly Is This Error Message Telling Me? +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Submissions: suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com | | Requests: suns-at-home-request@net-kitchen.com | | WWW Archive access: http://www.net-kitchen.com/~sah | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 06:05:37 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Subject: Changing the IP address of my SPARCbook To: pkhoury@loop.com, suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com >How can I change the IP of my SPARCbook to 192.168.0.x? I don't even >know what it currently is, though. I'd like to do the same on my IPC >when I eventually get it up. Assuming both machines are running Solaris 2.x, the easiest way I know is to run /usr/sbin/sys-unconfig. Read the man page for it first; it's a logical superset of a "halt". You'll also want to figure out what kinds of answers to provide the machine when it comes up next. To find out what IP address(es) a machine has, "ifconfig -a" works well on Suns (and less well on, say HPs, for example). "netstat -nr" is fairly useful, as well. >Also, with the free Solaris Sun is giving away, is 12MB of RAM okay for >small TC P/IP apps? I doubt it vey much. >I'm going to expand to 24MB soon. Good move. david -- David H. Wolfskill david@dhw.vip.best.com As a computing professional, I believe it would be unethical for me to advise, recommend, or support the use (save possibly for personal amusement) of any product that is or depends on any Microsoft product. - ------------------------------ Date: 21 Aug 1998 05:34:33 -0500 From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Connecting a PC to a Sun's serial port. To: Suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com >What I've done is connected a null modem cable to my PC's com port 1 and >the other end of the cable to the 3/60's ttyA serial port. Before >turning on the Sun workstation I disconnect the Sun keyboard so the >system will redirect all output to ttyA after a short time period. The >HyperTerminal never receives any text, it just stays blank even after >hitting the return key several times. Any suggestions? Listed below are >details of the Terminal setup. You may need a "null modem" adapter. You can get them at Radio Shack for a few bucks, or build your own... get a DB25-M and a DB25-F, and connect up the following pins: 2 ------------ 3 3 ------------ 2 4 ------------ 5 5 ------------ 4 6 ---------+-- 8 +-- 20 7 ------------ 7 8 --+--------- 6 20 --+ You can also do it on the cheap, connect 2-3, 3-2, and 7-7, then loop 4+5 and 6+8+20 together on each side. But the one Radio Shack sells works pretty well. -- This is The Reverend Peter da Silva's Boring Sig File - there are no references to Wolves, Kibo, Discordianism, or The Church of the Subgenius in this document > We must make sure our momentum aligns with our value-added distribution! < - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 01:33:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Keith Woodworth Subject: Dead 3/60? To: SUNS-AT-HOME I put a working 3/60 in storage about 3 months ago and got it back out the other day. It has 12 meg ram and have another 3/60 w/8meg. I took the 8 meg out of the one and put it into the other. I hooked it all up and it does not work. It worked great 3 months ago. I shut it down properly and it had an uptime > 30 days when I did. It just sat on a shelf in a storage room in our local library for the 3 months. Could putting the ram in damage the board? I did it as gently as I could and everything seated ok. I cant even get it to beep, or any of the led's on the back light up when it powers up. Anything to check? The fan comes up running but nothing other than that. Seems funny that when I put it away it worked, now 3 months later it doesnt. Only thing I can see that might have screwed anything up is putting in the other ram. But if this machine is really dead how hard is it to change out rom's? I have a working 3/60 also w/12 megs but it has v1.9 of roms but the other one that was working has v3.9 or was it 3.1 I cant remember now but it was the version that I could use a cd drive with anyway. Thanks for any info. Keith kwoody@citytel.net - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 07:52:10 -0300 (ADT) From: hume@ug.cs.dal.ca Subject: evil Sun suspend mode To: Suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com > Does anyone now how to turn off the action of the power key at the > upper right side of the Sun type 5 keyboard with solaris 2.6? It puts Check /etc/default/sys-suspend. From that file: # The following settings are recognized: # # all (allows any user to run this command) # - (allows no one except super-user to run # this command) # , , etc. (allows the users listed in the list or # super-user to this command) # console-owner (DEFAULT, allows user who owns the system # console device node or super-user to run # this command) # # NOTE: The list of users is a space and/or comma (,) separated list. # PERMS=console-owner I think you'd want PERMS=- - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 06:12:37 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Subject: evil Sun suspend mode To: gary@sabot.com, suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com >Does anyone now how to turn off the action of the power key at the >upper right side of the Sun type 5 keyboard with solaris 2.6? It puts >up a "please confirm suspension of system state", and if you hit >return or click the wrong button, your machine is suspended, which >isn't good if it is a server! >xmodmap doesn't seem to get to the keystroke soon enough so remapping >it does not help. Maybe the binding is buried in some deeply hidden >CDE init file? Dunno about that, but there's always hardware: *IF* (and this is a BIG "if") you're willing to take the keyboard apart, you could slip a piece of adhesive tape between the contacts for the key, then put everything back together. If you do this, be prepared to deal with *lots* of little screws.... :-} [Reason I thought of this is that on at least one keyboard I've used, occasionally a key would "quit working"; upon disassembly, I'd find some combination of dust & hairs on the contacts....] You could conceivably modify a disconnected keyboard, verify the expected operation on a less-critical machine, then arrange server downtime to replace the keyboard.... Then again, if it's really a server, why not run it headless? david -- David H. Wolfskill david@dhw.vip.best.com As a computing professional, I believe it would be unethical for me to advise, recommend, or support the use (save possibly for personal amusement) of any product that is or depends on any Microsoft product. - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 12:53:22 -0400 From: Gary Sabot Subject: evil Sun suspend mode, resolved To: Suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com I received many responses as to how to disable the evil suspend key on the keyboard. The best two ways to resolve the problem seem to be: 1. edit /etc/default/sys-suspend so that only root can use the key. Other users logged in to the console just get a warning message instead. This worked for me, since I log into the console as myself. The change you make is to change the line: PERMS=console-owner to # Dont let accidental keypress suspend, force # this to be run as root. PERMS=- 2. More directly, you can modify the file /usr/openwin/lib/speckeysd.map To make any of those special keys (power, volume, mute, degauss, etc) to do whatever you want. Since solution 1 worked for me, I haven't actually tried this out, but I might eventually try to get the volume and mute keys to do something useful... --gary _______________________________________________________ Gary Sabot | Voice: (781) 647-7776 Sabot Associates, Inc. | FAX: (781) 647-7779 10 Carroll Circle | Internet: gary@sabot.com Weston, MA 02493 USA | ------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 21:39:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Bobby Subject: Free Solaris for non-commercial use To: suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com (Modirator please purge if this is inappropriate) For those who might have missed this on the newsgroups,s Sun is giving Solaris away free to non-commercial developers. Both Sparc and Intel platforms are available. http://www.sun.com/developers You also must sign up on developer connection. My cost was $10 for the cd and $8 for shipping. -- Bobby - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 12:42:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Frisch Subject: FS: SPARCstation 2 system (CANADA) To: suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com (I hope you folks don't mind me posting an ad here... I am not a Sun vendor and am simply selling my personal machine). For Sale: Sun SPARCstation 2 (4/75), 40MHz SPARC processor 32MB RAM (exp. to 64MB using 30-pin 4MB parity SIMMs) On-board serial (2), SCSI-2, and Ethernet Seagate ST5660N (SUN0535) 535MB Fast SCSI-2 hard drive Seagate ST1480N (SUN0424) 424MB Fast SCSI-2 hard drive cgsix SBus 8-bit accelerated color frame buffer Sun/Sony GDM-1604 16" colour monitor Sun Type 5c Keyboard and Mechanical Mouse Solaris 2.5.1 Desktop installed (for testing only!) All cables (incl. Ethernet transceiver) Everything in excellent working condition! $650 (~$435 USD) + 1/2 shipping For more information, please leave email. (No longer interested in trades). ====================================================================== Mike Frisch Email: mfrisch@saturn.tlug.org Northstar Technologies WWW: http://saturn.tlug.org/~mfrisch Newmarket, Ontario, CANADA ====================================================================== - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 08:42:43 -0400 From: Ray Pfaff Subject: Keyboard and memory for a Sun IPC To: Suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com I've got an old Sun IPC and I'd like to replace the keyboard and upgrade the memory. Can someone tell me a supplier for keyboards (or can you replace it with, say, a Mac keyboard ?) I've got 8 megs of memory and when I look on the motherboard what I see does not seem to jibe with the field engineering handbook. There are what appear to be 2 sets of simm sockets, one a set of 4 and the other a set of 8. There are 4 simms in each. Are these all memory simms or is the set of 4 sockets something else? Anyone know of a memory supplier for Suns? - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 08:44:05 -0400 From: mrhuey@wizvax.wizvax.net (Ramsay D. Seielstad) Subject: Older Sun Y2k question To: suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com Howdy all, I was doing some mid-summer system maintenance on my Sun 3/160 (cleaning out the dust, replacing a blown serial driver chip, cleaning out the vents and power supply and all that good jazz,) and I began to think (duck, this is usually dangerous) about the upcoming Y2k problem. I'm running SunOS 4.1.1 unpatched and while I know Sun is not supporting this anymore, I'm curious if anyone has, or is, working on a fix for us 'in the dust' hobbyists? What are the options for the underlying system software if there are no fixes available or forthcoming? Lastly, since I think this impacts everyone in this forum, rather than send me e-mail how about posting your comments here. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ramsay D. Seielstad | mrhuey@wizvax.net; Af029@Detroit.Freenet.Org | | Schenectady, NY | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | "No fancy terminators or trailers, No opinion, Just an average, everyday | | guy with a bunch of unrelated hobbyist activities that have no significant | | use or value other than to amuse myself and occupy my free time ... and | | trust me, these ain't MY employer's opinions or views" | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To obtain my PGP Public Key: finger mrhuey@wizvax.net | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 16:32:16 -0400 From: Ken Hansen Subject: Solaris R2.6 in 12M RAM... To: Suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com Paul, You REALLY want to have as much RAM as possible - put R2.6 of SOlaris on an IPC w/48 Meg RAM and it was no fun... I can't imagine 12 Meg. BTW, Solaris will not install on less than 16 Meg (it used to be able to run with less after install, but install itself needed at least 16 Meg (remember, it makes a FS in memory during install process...) Good luck, Ken khansen@njcc.com Dwight McKay (The Moderator) wrote: > Date: Sun, 16 Aug 98 00:37:46 -0800 > From: "Paul Khoury" > Subject: Changing the IP address of my SPARCbook > To: "suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com" > Also, with the free Solaris Sun is giving away, is 12MB of RAM > okay for small TCP/IP apps? I'm going to expand to 24MB soon. > > Thanks > > -- > Paul Khoury | | Sent from my P75 > http://warped.cswnet.com/~pkhoury/index.html > Proudly running OS/2 Warp 3 & 4, Mac OS 7.5.3, Sun Solaris 2.4, Newton OS1.5 > ICQ#14582895 - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 13:36:19 -0500 From: "Richard E. Robbins" Subject: SPARC LX Memory Question To: suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com I've been tinkering with an old SPARC LX and I noticed that five of the DSIMMS have tin leads and one of the DSIMMS has gold leads. Is there any problem with this mix? I know that on some Intel motherboards memory modules with gold leads are problematic and I want to confirm that this isn't a problem with the SPARC LX. -- Rich - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1998 07:23:28 -0500 From: "Richard E. Robbins" Subject: Sparc Station LX/VT420 Connection Question To: suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com I'd like to connect a VT420 to the serial port of a Sparc Station LX and I'm not sure which variant of the H8571 adapter to use. -- Rich - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 11:31:24 -0700 From: "James W. Birdsall" Subject: Suns-at-Home Digest V11 #24 To: Suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com "Clay Nordquist" writes: >Subject: Some 3/160 Questions... > >(1) James Birdsall states that "Until the SPARCs came along, basically none >of Sun's SCSI devices were actually SCSI." This brings the following >question to mind: do devices hooked up to such pre-SPARC suns (like the >3/160) have be 'buffered', running to the SCSI bus via Emulex MD-21, Sysgen >SC4000, or other adaptor cards? If not, then can only SCSI-1 devices be >connected, or can SCSI-2 and/or SCSI-3 devices be connected? Just FYI, I'm >running a 501-1045 SCSI adapter VME card. Sun-2's and Sun-3's are perfectly happy with native SCSI devices hooked up to them. The converter boards were used because at that time native SCSI devices pretty much didn't exist, not because they wouldn't work. I have a variety of native SCSI disks hooked up to my Sun-2's and Sun-3's. One of the nice things about SCSI is the very good backward compatibility -- a Fast SCSI-2 disk will play nice with a SCSI-1 controller manufactured ten years earlier. >(2) I'm planning on using a Quantum ProDrive 525S (525Meg) and 210S (210Meg) >as my principle hard drives on the 3/160. Can someone suggest a good >partitioning/allocation scheme for these drives? I know that partition c >should contain the total size of the drive, but after that, I'm uncertain. >By the way, what is the "hog partition" mentioned in the SunOS setup? Usually, a is the root partition, which can be fairly small -- sixteen megs or so. b is the swap partition, which should be at least one and a half times the amount of physical memory on the machine, or more if you can spare it and expect to be running things which take a lot of memory, or expect to be adding more memory. c spans the entire disk. g is usually assigned as the /usr partition. The "hog partition" is the partition that setup uses to soak up all the unused disk space after sizes have been assigned to all the other partitions you want to use. >(3) I've downloaded SunOS 4.1.1U1 from the sun3 archive >(http://doener.unix-ag.unix-kl.de), and I'm wondering how I'm supposed to >install it, after I've installed SunOS 4.1.1. The info at the sun3 site is >sketchy, and the single tar file appears to have additional tarfiles within >itself... SunOS 4.1.1 is shipped on tape as a bunch of compressed tar files. It's been a while since I looked at that site, but I believe they've just taken all the individual tar files and tarred them up. The easiest way to use them is to use another Sun system to write them to a QIC-24 tape and then boot your system from the tape. Of course, this is kinda tough if you don't have the facilities, but I'm not sure how else you'd go about it. >(4) I'd like to install BIND 4.9.7, but I'm unclear if I should also install >resolv+. Is resolv+ a seperate library which replaces one of BIND's, or is >a piece of source code which replaces some of BIND's code? What order >should I install BIND and resolv+? After installing 4.1.1U1 or before? I just "installed" BIND 8.1.2 on my systems. "Nightmare" does not describe the process. The documentation is incomplete and out of date. It compiles, but the resulting server does not play nice with the SunOS- supplied resolver routines. You can go through a complicated process to replace the resolver routines in the shared libs, but 1) that doesn't help anything that was statically linked and 2) it cuts NIS/YP out of the picture. I eventually got the whole shebang limping along by setting up the SunOS-supplied named on one machine as a forwarder server (which is not documented at all in the man pages, and is documented incorrectly in the SunOS 4.1.1 manual set) pointing at the BIND 8.1.2 servers which are visible to the outside world. >(5) What is the difference between a "standalone" install, a "server" >install, and a "client" install under 4.1.1? Does it just result in >different startup services getting loaded, or do system libraries change >based on the install type? Depends on what it's asking. In the context of NIS/YP, "standalone" means 'no services at all, just use /etc/hosts etc.'. "Server" means a NIS/YP server, and "client" is a client of such a server. It's been a while since I've run SunOS setup, but there is a similar question in which it is asking whether the system will be serving diskless clients. >(6) I've noticed that my 3/160 has an aversion to booting from any sd or st >device except (0,0,0). Is this normal? Is it possible to force a boot from >another sd/st device? It should be possible to boot from other sd or st devices. I have a vague memory that there were limitations on that in early boot ROMs, but 2.7 isn't early. Of course, the disk or tape has to be bootable! -- James W. Birdsall http://www.picarefy.com/~jwbirdsa/ jwbirdsa@picarefy.com "For it is the doom of men that they forget." -- Merlin Get the Sun-2 Hardware Reference from ftp.picarefy.com:/pub/Sun-Hardware-Ref Sun-2 Hardware Reference Web Page: http://sun-www.picarefy.com/ - ------------------------------ Date: 20 Aug 98 22:01:58 EDT From: DBell@mobile.bam.com Subject: Suns-at-Home Digest V11 #26 To: Suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com >How can I change the IP of my SPARCbook to 192.168.0.x? I don't even know what >it currently is, >though. I'd like to do the same on my IPC when I eventually get it up. The machine's IP address is kept in /etc/hosts, right next to the hostname. If you are changing the IP, but keeping the hostname, you only need edit /etc/hosts. If you are changing both, you'll need to change /etc/hosts, /etc/hostname. and /etc/nodename. >Also, with the free Solaris Sun is giving away, is 12MB of RAM okay for small >TCP/IP >apps? In a word: NO. Unfortunately, Solaris is a real memory-hog. I'm not sure what the requirement for 2.6 is, but I would suggest that you really, really don't want to try to install it with less than 32mb, period. If you are going to be running old hardware, especially with limited RAM, I'd seriously consider Linux or OpenBSD, as you'll get much better performance on the old machines. If you really want to run Solaris 2.6, I'd suggest investing in more RAM, or possibly a more recent machine. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news :). Daniel Bell - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 22:46:15 -0700 From: "Brian P. Costello" Subject: Suns-at-Home Digest V11 #26 To: Suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com The easiest way i have found is the sys-unconfig command. sys-unconfig will erase the system configuration then halt the system. When you boot it the next time, it will ask you all the questions as if you just installed the OS. I have some app notes somewhere if you want to change it manually but I forget exactly what files have to be modified. Send me a message if you need me to dig it up. > > > How can I change the IP of my SPARCbook to 192.168.0.x? I don't even know what it currently is, > though. I'd like to do the same on my IPC when I eventually get it up. I am pretty sure Solaris needs at least 16 megs. > > > Also, with the free Solaris Sun is giving away, is 12MB of RAM okay for small TCP/IP > apps? I'm going to expand to 24MB soon. > > Thanks > > -- > Paul Khoury | | Sent from my P75 > http://warped.cswnet.com/~pkhoury/index.html > Proudly running OS/2 Warp 3 & 4, Mac OS 7.5.3, Sun Solaris 2.4, Newton OS1.5 > ICQ#14582895 > > - ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 13:36:00 -0400 > From: Gary Sabot > Subject: evil Sun suspend mode > To: Suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com The power key is controlled by the suspend / resume package which is now installed as part of the OS in 2.6. The package name is SUNWcpr. You may also want to remove the power management package as well (SUNWpmow) and the man pages for it (SUNWpmman) > > > Does anyone now how to turn off the action of the power key at the > upper right side of the Sun type 5 keyboard with solaris 2.6? It puts > up a "please confirm suspension of system state", and if you hit > return or click the wrong button, your machine is suspended, which > isn't good if it is a server! > > xmodmap doesn't seem to get to the keystroke soon enough so remapping > it does not help. Maybe the binding is buried in some deeply hidden > CDE init file? > > --gary > _______________________________________________________ > Gary Sabot | Voice: (781) 647-7776 > Sabot Associates, Inc. | FAX: (781) 647-7779 > 10 Carroll Circle | Internet: gary@sabot.com > Weston, MA 02493 USA | > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Question #2: How do I display my systems settings at the PROM level? > HELP doesn't get me very far. ok printenv > > > Thanks in advance. > Eddie > > - ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 19:51:56 -0400 (EDT) > From: Bobby > Subject: NIS question > To: suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com > > I have a SPARC running Sun-OS 4.14 and and also a Intel based Redhat Linux > box. The Sun is configured to as a NIS client and the Linux box as the NIS > server. NIS is used for name resolution, but I like the fact that the > id's & pw's stay in sync between the two boxes. > > Problem: If the Linux box is down for any reason, the Sun will not boot > the OS. This as not been a problem yet, but is there a keystroke to tell > the Sun to forget the NIS server and go ahead and boot the OS? > > The Sun also seems to get heartburn if the Linux box reboots and then it > has to be restarted also. Due to this I may just reconfigure and ditch NIS > altogether. The problem is most likely ypbind which will cause the system to do nothing else but keep looking for an NIS server. This will cause the system to seem to stop running while this is happening. There are a few things you can do. I have a portable (RDI) then does the same thing on the road when it is off the corporate WAN. I have a script that basically kills ypbind if the ypbind process can't find a server after 3 tries. This can only work at boot time while is perfect for our situation. If Iwere you I would try making the SUN box a slave, or if you prefer Political Correctness: replicant, server. That way, it can bind to itself if the Linux box is or goes down while the SUN box is booting and / or running. The Linux box can still push updates so even if the SUN only binds to itself, it should still work. > > > Comments welcome.... -- Bobby > > ============ http://bboone.home.mindspring.com/ ================= > ======= linux links | Security | Humor | Ham Radio | Misc ========== > ========================================================== > > Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 19:07:49 -0400 (EDT) > From: Joseph C Fineman > Subject: Query: attaching new printer to old Sun > To: Suns-at-Home@net-kitchen.com > > For reasons that need not concern us here, I run Solaris 2.3 (not > maintained) on a SPARCclassic, which I bought in 1994 and do not > understand very well. At the time, I was using a Star dot-matrix > printer, which I had little difficulty attaching to the new machine. > Now, however, that is wearing out, and I would like to buy a laser or > inkjet printer, such as have become inexpensive in the meantime. > > I worry, however, that it might not be possible to attach it to the > Sun without excessive trouble & expense: > > Will I have to upgrade the operating system? No > > > Will it suffice to buy a printer that talks a language (say > Postscript) that my computer knows about, or are there other > issues such as cabling? This would be the easiest but also can be the most expensive option. > > > Would buying one with Sun's name on it do any good? older Sparc printers need an Sbus card to work and I think need special software as well. I would stay away from them. NewsPrint software from SUN will allow you to use many other types of printers other than Postscript. I was using it to drive an HP LaserJet IIP (PCL Only). You should be able to get NewsPrint to run on any Solaris prior to 2.6. > > > My printer needs are modest. Might it be simplest to buy a new dot- > matrix printer (I see they are still being made)? > > Does the naivete of my questions suggest that I should hire someone? You have many options. Most depend on the amount you are willing to spend. Start reading the misc.forsale.computer.printers news group to see what you can get and for how much. Good luck. > > > --- Joe Fineman jcf@world.std.com > > ||: The church is near, but the road is icy; the tavern is far, :|| > ||: but I'll go carefully. :|| > > - ------------------------------ > > End of Suns-at-Home Digest > ****************************** -- Brian P. Costello costellob@asme.org San Francisco Bay Area http://home.inreach.com/costello - ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 00:21:38 -0500 From: "Richard E. Robbins" Subject: What Exactly Is This Error Message Telling Me? To: suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com While in the process of installing Solaris 2.6 on an old Sparc LX I received the following error message: panic: asynchronous memory fault MFSR=80802890 MFAR=8b9720 syncing file systems . . . [33] 236 [33] 69 [33] cannot sync -- giving up What exactly is this message telling me. Do I have bad physical memory in the system or does this look like a failing hard disk/virtual memory problem? -- Rich - ------------------------------ End of Suns-at-Home Digest ******************************