Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 18:33:28 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Bob Ababurko <ababurko@adelphia.net> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ultra 2....no? Message-ID: <20040905013328.GP29902@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.0.20040904212126.01b38990@mail.dc2.adelphia.net> References: <5.2.1.1.0.20040904212126.01b38990@mail.dc2.adelphia.net>
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Bob Ababurko wrote this message on Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 21:27 -0400:
> I am not sure if I am reading it correct, but if I have an Ultra 2 and
> wish to use FreeBSD, I am pretty much SOL, unless I want to netboot? I am
> thinking of netbooting as what a diskless client would do. If this is
> indeed correct, that is unfortunate, because I am going to have to go with
> OpenBSD, as I am tired of Solaris where everything is twice as difficult as
> it needs to be. Any insight inot this would be greatly appreciated.
The scsi controller on the Ultra2 should now be supported. It isn't
supported in a -RELEASE yet, but will be in the upcoming 5.3-R.. There
is currently 5.3-BETA2 available if you don't want to install from
source...
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