Do you have another compatible sparc machine which you could install the OS and transfer the drive from? Also is it possible to update the ROM to a newer version on these? Just a gut feeling, but that would be my likely suspect.
-- Brian Archer On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 1:33 PM, David Williams <d...@willomail.co.uk> wrote: > On 26/05/2015 00:15, Ian Finder wrote: > >> So I recently made a very poor trade for an RDI PowerLite 110 under the >> assumption that it could run NeXTstep or OpenStep, as allegedly RDI >> supplied the PowerLite with this OS in some configurations. >> >> The PowerLite is essentially an SS5 in a chunky, ugly laptop. >> >> When I boot the OpenStep and NeXTstep installers however, at the second >> stage loader I get a "watchdog-reset" message from OBP. >> >> Ultimately it's the same issue as discussed here: >> >> http://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3153&sid=b8cb75adb7245747301f9e82beef570a >> >> Any hope in getting this to run? Any ideas out there? >> >> Or am I stuck with a fat ugly wannabe SparcBook 3? (I have a few of the >> 3GX/3TX family which seem like far nicer machines, the only reason I wanted >> this RDI P.O.S. Is the weitek framebuffer in the SparcBooks isn't supported >> by OS/NS, but the CG6 in the RDI supposedly is. What a garbage machine RDI >> produced with this one... >> >> > Ian, > > I had the same problem with a PowerLite 110. Couldn't get either NS or OS > to boot. I'm not 100% certain but I've been led to believe the option RDI > provided was the OpenStep framework on top of Solaris. > > I actually quite like the machines though :) > > Cheers, > Dave > >
