Sparcstation 2 ROM rev 2.0, 2nd hand, 2 disks & no root PW. I downloaded from
ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/potato/main/disks-sparc /current/sun4cdm/images-1.44 First try: downloaded rescue.bin and rawrite2 (from /debian/tools) to a PC, unpacked rawrite, ran rawrite2 rescue.bin A: no visible error. Put the disk into the sparc, did b floppy and got the error: boot device /fd file & args vmunix cant read disk label cant open Sun disk label package cant open boot device 2nd try: tftp Downloaded tftpboot.img into another machine's /tftpboot setup symbolic links pointing to that file, put data into /etc/ethers & /etc/hosts rebuilt the NIS , did boot net and got file and args: vmunix receive failed file just loaded not executable but I suspect this is a deceptive message, I saw no sign that anything got downloaded. Unfortunately the tftpd on the server (an old sun3/60 ) seems to have no provision to log. Please any advice?
