Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 17:29:53 -0800 From: zenxyzzy <zenxyzzy@gmail.com> To: Torsten Kirschner <torsten.kirschner@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org" <freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: reintro and pkgng aghastness Message-ID: <CA%2BVBNVQ%2BUE34p2MaD%2B0U%2B6dhQEPar55Buec9B7YHrF_kZJoW=g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAMPJxLRoP2yPfjzsMR2G11Aoekp1q-3qLnH%2BgvTph-HctGOELA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHYQbfC6x=gtrtOX75ajQ1d4SgdB3FAi33hzxXrm6c4-1=OjBw@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BVBNVQ8mpCZY-Or1S2OyvB3nBB=2qJJk1EbcBNy5fK0eMuRDw@mail.gmail.com> <CAHYQbfDbAOhx_m_jOP=s8D=JpO_NmZq=ATEHETZFb_Zcb4mZxg@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BVBNVTGfskA_Zwf-Ma9iJF5EzRVCBuPt=5L9FQ0ZGcsSMGdeg@mail.gmail.com> <CAHYQbfCdwReUZ7Ms6VrgBcbBMh3Fn1t6o8TgV%2BOYUA6QRqFA3w@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BVBNVRisvVe=Hm3Pmxvk9zhV2CqRkiaCzJ7kY7R42pQxyU6Tw@mail.gmail.com> <CAHYQbfBU1HxcFWbvWH_7x7Np-7F7VyoZTnsLxVQ2fZf349dFJw@mail.gmail.com> <CAMPJxLRoP2yPfjzsMR2G11Aoekp1q-3qLnH%2BgvTph-HctGOELA@mail.gmail.com>
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it also runs the 440 mhz ultrasparc. the specs say 400 is the limit, but hey, 10% more cpu is there, too. just don't overclock it - I did fry one 440 mhz cpu that way. --curt On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Torsten Kirschner < torsten.kirschner@gmail.com> wrote: > No, like he wrote, the only reason why the U5 was "limited" to 512 MB was > that the tall modules wouldn't fit, because the space was occupied by the > floppy drive. > Low sticks fit nicely under it. There are low profile sticks with 256 MB > each. > The U5 runs 1GB RAM exactly like an U10. > > Den onsdag 4. februar 2015 skrev Jacob Ritorto <jacob.ritorto@gmail.com> > f=C3=B8lgende: > > really, you found a way to get to 1G? I thought only 512 was possible ev= en >> with the weird tall sticks? >> >> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 4:53 PM, zenxyzzy <zenxyzzy@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > I've also had luck putting the tall memory modules in an ultra 5, >> bumping >> > it to 1G ram. this did take me removing the (quite useless) floppy >> drive. >> > later, I got some X7039A's, which are low-profile versions. then I go= t >> > room to put another 3.5 inch drive in. >> > >> > --curt >> > >> > On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Jacob Ritorto <jacob.ritorto@gmail.com= > >> > wrote: >> > >> >> hmm, got the 2013 version on CD. It made it pretty far along but >> crashed >> >> and burned whilst loading the miniroot, or whatever they call it, to >> >> ramdisk. Memory's just too darn small. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 12:11 AM, zenxyzzy <zenxyzzy@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> I've had luck putting a sata to scsi adaptor on a DVD. should be ab= le >> >>> to boot that. also, there's plenty of IDE dvd's around. you'd have >> to >> >>> open the ultra 5 up, though :-> >> >>> >> >>> --curt >> >>> >> >>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 8:51 PM, Jacob Ritorto < >> jacob.ritorto@gmail.com> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> Was just about to do that - I have it running on my T1000. But >> >>>> Martin's open source politics scared me a little a few months ago - >> he >> >>>> pulled everything OpenSXCE-related from the Internet and there was = no >> >>>> recourse for the OpenSXCE user community. Maybe it's worth another >> go now >> >>>> that that appears to be sorted out. Unfortunately there's no way >> for me to >> >>>> load the 2014 bits on my Ultra5 as it's a dvd-only release :\ >> >>>> >> >>>> thx >> >>>> jake >> >>>> >> >>>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 11:41 PM, zenxyzzy <zenxyzzy@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>>> There's another option that maybe you shouldn't ignore. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> OpenSxce. it's illumos plus a lot of hackery minus a lot of >> stupidity >> >>>>> for Sparc. I run it happily on my Sun Blade 1000. modern ZFS and >> >>>>> everything. >> >>>>> XVR-1000 support. root on SSD. fan control support - this clinch= ed >> >>>>> it for me. neither linux or freebsd can turn the freaking fan off >> or down. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> plus source. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> plus, runs solaris 11 binaries from that "O"ther company. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> get it from opensxce.org >> >>>>> >> >>>>> --curt >> >>>>> >> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 6:57 PM, Jacob Ritorto < >> jacob.ritorto@gmail.com >> >>>>> > wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>>> Hi, >> >>>>>> I'd been away from FreeBSD for fifteen years, but I'm back and >> I'm >> >>>>>> pleased to announce that I'm using a computer that's from around >> the >> >>>>>> time I >> >>>>>> left FreeBSD :) It's a nice little Sun Ultra 5. Bone stock; >> doesn't >> >>>>>> even >> >>>>>> look like the case has ever been open. I recently had to stop usi= ng >> >>>>>> Solaris >> >>>>>> because they're became evil and Illumos because they're kind of n= ot >> >>>>>> supporting this hardware anymore. I tried OpenBSD, but its >> >>>>>> applications >> >>>>>> just crashed. So here I pragmatically am. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> I like FreeBSD. I didn't leave out of disgust or anything; >> mostly >> >>>>>> just >> >>>>>> employment being all-Sun years ago. So it's cool revisiting it a= nd >> >>>>>> seeing >> >>>>>> all the changes and all the stayed-the-sames. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> I'm pretty exited about the new FreeBSD pkgng system. I had th= e >> >>>>>> extreme >> >>>>>> pleasure of using it whilst installing my SPARC last night (which= , >> >>>>>> unfortunately, took from mid evening until around 4:30 in the >> >>>>>> morning. (I >> >>>>>> didn't have any cds or floppies at my disposal, so I instead buil= t >> the >> >>>>>> network / diskless system installl on a virtualbox vm on my Mac a= nd >> >>>>>> installed FreeBSD to the SPARC from there). Good old >> >>>>>> rarp/boopt/tftp/nfs! >> >>>>>> Reminded me of Sun Jumpstart! I was really pleased that this way >> of >> >>>>>> doing >> >>>>>> things still works on FreeBSD Truly a slick and smart design. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> But is it true that I can't actually use pkgng on my real >> computer >> >>>>>> because It's not a PC? >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> I've been looking around the Internet for some hours, now, to n= o >> >>>>>> avail. >> >>>>>> Are there seriously *no* package repos for SPARC? >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> If that's the case, I'd like to help remedy it. I've read arou= nd >> >>>>>> on how >> >>>>>> to contribute, but it seems none of what's out there pertains to >> >>>>>> pkgng for >> >>>>>> sparc. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Please let me know if I'm understanding the situation right and >> how >> >>>>>> I can >> >>>>>> help, if help is wanted. I have a lot of SPARCs and they need a >> >>>>>> trustworthy operating system with software package system that >> >>>>>> doesn't have >> >>>>>> to be manually-wrought. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> "Oh, wow, it just finished its five-plus-hour ports build of >> freaking >> >>>>>> tmux!" >> >>>>>> jake >> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>>>> freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list >> >>>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 >> >>>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >> >>>>>> freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >>>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>> >> >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g >> " >> >
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