Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 20:11:08 +0200 From: Pietro Cerutti <gahr@FreeBSD.org> To: "Adam K." <akranzel@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sun Fire 280R questions. Message-ID: <4A0C5EBC.7000907@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <fbe499bd0905121206w4a6f0ffcwb22c261c6b816203@mail.gmail.com> References: <fbe499bd0905121206w4a6f0ffcwb22c261c6b816203@mail.gmail.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Adam K. wrote: | It looks like I may be able to get one of these boxes relatively cheaply, | and had a few questions. | | Anything special about getting FreeBSD onto it? There doesn't seem to be a | FreeBSD/Sparc64-specific install document, at least that I was able to find. | Any of the built-in hardware not supported, and thus needs to be substituted | with a PCI card? I have just installed a Sun Fire280R with FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE. It works just fine, apart from the Cassini NIC (vendor=0x108e device=0xabba). This isn't supported yet, see the following thread: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-sparc64/2009-May/006362.html Have fun :) | Thanks | -Adam - -- Pietro Cerutti gahr@FreeBSD.org PGP Public Key: http://gahr.ch/pgp +-----------------+ | How do you get | |that backwards b?| +-----------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEAREKAAYFAkoMXrsACgkQwMJqmJVx945OyQCgpyLTuxPDKhG2CsTw+y/5boT5 DeQAn2oLx5VuIdVT05sEisQ+W7qY3heM =vRu7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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