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Article #812SparcStation 20 - Install and Parts
From: Stacy and Tom
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 21:41
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 21:41
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I am now getting around to making my Sparc 20 work and am facing some interesting problems as I read through these newsgroups. 1. My monitor seems to flicker as if it was interlaced. It's a Sun GDM-1962B model. Is this normal, or is it my video card (501-2325)? 2. Will the Sparc run w/o an Mbus card? I tried running it barebones (no cards, only a 64mb card) and with and without a drive. It wouldn't work. I tried putting a (501-2825) card in it and it started fine. 3. I have 3 mbus cards - (501-2825) (501-2519) and (501-2360). Which 2 of these 3 would give optimal performance? 4. What is the (501-1910) sbus card? 5. I have a 1.06gb and a 2.15gb hard drive I can install. The 1.06 has the OS (which I cannot use) installed. If I add the 2.15 it boots, but falls into an endless loop. I'm guessing that it is looking for something that does not exist any longer. 6. Given the stated information above (and an additional 64mb card, plus 6 16mb cards) what OS would I be able to run? I would like to get Solaris 8, but read that someone said it will not run on a SS20. 7. Will an external scsi cdrom work to boot from, or should I take the cdrom out of the unit and install it internally? Sorry for all the questions, but after a year of waiting and a day of excitement of getting it to actually boot to login, I am just full of questions I had NO IDEA would arise. I've read through info at docs.sun.com and on sun.com, and all the newsgroups I am now posting to, and have only come up with more questions and few answers. Thanks for anything offered- Tom Wyse
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