Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:46:55 -0500 From: "Stephen F. Combs" <steve.combs@indsys.ge.com> To: obrien@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Questions on the Sparc64 port of FreeBSD Message-ID: <3C924FAF.A14112B5@indsys.ge.com> References: <3C921652.D9B47272@indsys.ge.com> <20020315113028.A96088@dragon.nuxi.com>
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IF I get my internet access back up, I'll D/L the iso image and we'll see.... I've got the Ultra1 at home and an Ultra60 here at work (with enough spare disk space so I can put a small boot on it....)... Where you from (in roanoke....)? I've lived here for the last 40+ years (moved here when I was 10... and haven't found a place that I liked better AND could get the right job....)... I'm thinking about purchasing an Ultra10 for a "Home" machine... we'll see... obrien@FreeBSD.org wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 10:42:10AM -0500, Stephen F. Combs wrote: > > General Question..... I have access to an old Ultra1/170E (Ultra1, > ... > > i.e. does it support Ultra1 with the HME and onboard SCSI (also have > > SBUS SCSI card as well, don't remember the model, but 'tis fast/wide > > SCSI...) does it have ANY Creator3D (ffb) device support??? > > HME is supported. But I am having a problem with my U1 (non-E) with an > HME add-in card. It would be great if you would try your U1E to see how > well we work on it. Several people I know have U1E's, but none have > tried FreeBSD on them yet. The on-board SCSI is not supported yet, so > you'll have to use an NFS /. This is not such a bad thing. I still use > NFS / for my ultrasparc and it does have a supported IDE and SCSI > devices. > > I have no idea about the FB support -- all the main developers are using > serial console. > > > Not going to have a LOT of time, but got hardware and am willing to > > devote some hours/week to the project... > > It would be great if you could try the latest kernels on your various > UltraSparc hardware so we can get a better idea of what works and what > doesn't. > > -- > -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) > > P.S. > Salem, VA > Ah, my own home town (well Roanoke actually). :-) -- Stephen F. Combs Lead Security Analyst, Global Security/e-Business GE Industrial Systems phone: 540.387.8828 Salem, VA mobile: 540.520.4032 E-Mail: steve.combs@indsys.ge.com dialcom: 278.8828 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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