[SOLVED] Sun Ray 1 Hourglass at boot

[Plicker19]

When I hook Up My sunray 1, it shows an hourglass in the center of the screen with a pink background and two underscores underneath it. Do you know how to get past this? thanks!

 

[kanewolf]

Do you have a sunray server for the thin client to connect to?

 

[Plicker19]

Do you have a sunray server for the thin client to connect to?

How do you do set up a sunray server? I apologize for my ignorance about the sunrays.

 

[kanewolf]

How do you do set up a sunray server? I apologize for my ignorance about the sunrays.

Sunray is a thin client terminal. It needs to have a boot server and a processing server to login to.

What do you think you can do with a Sunray ?

 

[Plicker19]

Well, I do know that it is ok to use if you're just going to use it for word processing and web browsing. I just dug it out and want to get it to work. is it possible to make a boot server for it or is it too complicated?

 

[kanewolf]

Google "sunray deployment documentation" There is an admin guide.

 

[Plicker19]

Do I need a server computer for this? is there a way to boot from USB on these things?

 

[kanewolf]

Do I need a server computer for this? is there a way to boot from USB on these things?

Not that I know of. They are pretty much door stops without a server environment behind them. Since they have a sparc CPU and very little RAM (8 MB -- that isn't a typo) you won't find an OS to run on it.

 

[Plicker19]

100 mhz processor, a weak little thing. I don't quite understand what the admin guide says. I apologize for my ignorance about networking.

 

[kanewolf]

100 mhz processor, a weak little thing. I don't quite understand what the admin guide says. I apologize for my ignorance about networking.

It isn't just networking, it is the fact that these devices are intended to be a keyboard and monitor for software running on a server. They have enough RAM to handle a display. That is about it. The sunray1 was much more limited than the Sunray2, or Sunray3.
Just put it in the nearest electronics recyling bin. I don't know of any use for them.

 

[Plicker19]

So there is no hope for this Thin Client?

 

[kanewolf]

So there is no hope for this Thin Client?

Even where I work that does still use Sunray thin clients got rid of the Sunray 1 boxes A LONG TIME AGO. Even as a toy it is a door stop, IMO.
I don't understand why you think it can be useful for something?

 

[Plicker19]

I am intrigued by the smart card thing. see this video:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESP-TfAB1tc

 

[kanewolf]

Good luck. I have nothing more to contribute to this thread.

 

[Plicker19]

Thank You for your help. I will like all of your comments and give you a best answer.
(I will consider the door stop Idea)

 

[Plicker19]

One More Question: Could I put solaris on my netbook, install the sunray software, then use apache tomcat to create the server?

 

[kanewolf]

One More Question: Could I put solaris on my netbook, install the sunray software, then use apache tomcat to create the server?

Not a clue. I can only point you back to the admin manual. Apache would not be used, it isn't a web server required.

 

[Plicker19]

Ok. Will Give it a shot. Thanks for your help! I will let you know how it goes.