I have one of these things laying around too and didn't have any luck with the
OG software either but I *was* able to netboot NetBSD on it, it supports Mr.
Coffee hardware out of the box. It netboots similar to other Sun machines of
the era but SunOS/Solaris doesn't have any support for it.
https://www.netbsd.org/ports/sparc/javastation.html
The closest I got to finding the OEM software is here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20010505052245/http://sunsite.tut.fi:80/javastati
on/jcdev/software/install/
I don't have any notes on what issues I ran into but I think there is a JavaOS
blob somewhere in the pkg tars there. Would be interested to see if others
have more luck.
-a
On Jul 19, 2018, at 5:55 PM, JimStefanik SunRescue
OK - I have more or less what I need. The other guy on YouTube got back to
me. The server management software itself seems to be unobtainium - he was
able to replicate all of its functions on a Debian box by sniffing the
traffic it generated in WireShare; which is pretty straight-forward. Sun
https://www.dnd.utwente.nl/js/files/
I have mirrored that entire site including all of the Wikis and such and am
working on getting it up on the Wayback Machine as well; so there should be
at least 3 full copies of the site with docs & files pretty soon.
I will also work on getting the Sun doc pages mirrored (and hopefully
Wayback'd as well) over the weekend since I don't trust that Ellison's
Minions won't start dumping whatever is left of their Sun docs soon.
On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 7:11 PM, JimStefanik SunRescue <
Hi Richard,
Unfortunately Peter is correct - the software for the SunRay won't work
with the JavaStation; although I did grab it since my copy of SRSS wasn't
complete (I only had like 1 package file) - so you solved my (entirely
unrelated) problem of making my SunRays work. Sadly not what I need for
the JavaStation though.
The way I understand it is that the JavaStation netboots and require the
special software be hosted on a server somewhere on the network. On
powerup, the JavaStation grabs an IP via RARP/BOOTP, then requests its
bootcode via TFTP. Once it has that and executes it, it uses DHCP to get
a
new IP, along with all of its configuration settings, which are passed as
custom DHCP options. One of the many options that gets passed is an NFS
server path that hosts the JavaOS binaries, along with any other binaries
it will run. It pulls all of that down into RAM and starts up from there.
I've seen some references to JavaOS being in flash, but I believe that's
only for the later "Krups" model, not the original Mr. Coffee model. The
Krups model looks like a sharkfin, vs. the Mr. Coffee model is stuffed
inside of a slightly modified Sun external 5.25" HDD/DVD enclosure.
The software exists *somewhere*, since fairly recently - within the last
3-4 months - another guy on YouTube got one running and did a walk
through,
including WireShark captures of the boot process. I've got an email out
to
him, so hopefully that will at least generate some leads.
Thanks!
-Jim
Post by RichardAlso according to the following
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaStation
JavaOS should be on the flash...
Does the unit POST when you turn it on?
Sent from my iPhone
Post by RichardHi Peter,
Yes description is correct - fresh off the CD in the last hour.
Ah forgot about the difference. May not work.
Richard
Sent from my iPhone
Post by Peter StokesHi Richard
If the description is correct, then that is the Sun Ray software, not
the
Java
Post by RichardPost by Peter StokesStation which is a much older system and I would guess not supported
with
the
Post by RichardPost by Peter StokesRay software.
I did run a Javastation at one point many years ago, I will try to
remember
Post by RichardPost by Peter Stokeswhat software I used.
Peter
Post by RichardHi Jim
Try this, let me know if any issues getting the ISOs. They were made
with
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m3uB1s-ICtYvguQDuwYB0QpKBr6
X_aJk/view?usp=sh
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yZSdUjLECAfgzs8sZHhLCfWNjIc
N980-/view?usp=sh
Post by RichardPost by Peter Stokesaring
Post by RichardRegards
Richard
Post by RichardI think I might have something....will look when I get home tonight.
Hi all,
I just recently picked up a Sun JavaStation 1. I'm hoping someone
has
a
called
Post by RichardPost by Peter StokesPost by RichardPost by Richard"Netra J"; but the docs are a bit fuzzy since Sun seems to have used
that
Post by RichardPost by Peter StokesPost by RichardPost by Richardname for both a physical server AND this software package.
I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks,
Jim Stefanik (aka FaultyWarrior pretty much everywhere)
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