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Date:      Tue, 20 Dec 2005 14:46:52 -0600
From:      Paul Keusemann <pkeusem@visi.com>
To:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ultra 1
Message-ID:  <20051220204652.GA20590@isis.visi.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0512202026330.7922-100000@servww6.ww.uni-erlangen.de>
References:  <43A858EB.7070908@voidmain.net> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0512202026330.7922-100000@servww6.ww.uni-erlangen.de>

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On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 08:31:58PM +0100, Gheorghe Ardelean wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> on ultra 1 the onboard ethernet is not supported.
> But if you read the archives you will see that I was able to install and
> boot an Ultra 1 by using a special crafted loader.
> 
> IIRC Marius Strobl has already figured out how to integrate this fix
> (he provided the fix) into the main sources.
> 
> Basically one has to build a loader without gzip support and than is
> working on plain Ultra 1.
> 
> > I just received an Ultra 1 from a friend of mine and was wondering if
> > there is anyway I could get FreeBSD on it?  What is the difference
> > between the 1E and the 1?
> >
> 

The 1E has 100 Mbit ethernet and ultra wide SCSI, the 1 has 10 Mbit
ethernet and I believe ultra narrow SCSI.

> Regards,
> 
> Johny.
> 
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