There’s a Xilinix SPARTAN FPGA in the top left hand side of the motherboard, I’m guessing this is for the ILOM?
Sun Blade 100 Compatible RAM
Im using 2 Dimms from Crucial the model number on the dimms is CT16M72S4D8E.9LTG
A good source of info for compatible dimms & other stuff about the workstation is the Unofficial Sun Blade 100 FAQ
New addition to the toy collection, Sun Blade 100 Workstation
Picked up a Sun Blade 100 at a bargain price just because the seller thought the unit was dead cause they didn’t plug a Sun keyboard into it!
After sticking 2x128MB ECC PC100 Dimms into it and powering up this came out of the console:
Sun Blade 100 (UltraSPARC-IIe), No Keyboard
OpenBoot 4.0, 256 MB memory installed, Serial #50638801.
Ethernet address 0:3:ba:5:a4:2, Host ID: 8305a402.
One of the following problems exists: Hardware failure Unformatted disk
If you’re trying to install Solaris (SPARC) on a disc which previously had another O/S (*BSD) on it, you will more then likely come across the following error after the system identification stage is complete:
One or more disks are found, but one of the following problems exists:
> Hardware failure
> Unformatted disk.
The problem is to do with the disc label, at the shell fireup format with the e switch
format -e
select the disc which you are trying to install onto, if you are told that the disc doesnt not contain a disk label, would you like to write a lablel, say yes & specify the type as SMI Label, If youre not asked about the label & presented with a menu, goto the partition section, choose label, specify the type as SMI.
quit & reboot & all should be well 🙂