From owner-freebsd-alpha Fri Sep 29 8: 7: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from chuggalug.clues.com (chuggalug.clues.com [194.159.1.85]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1184637B422 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2000 08:07:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from geoffb@localhost) by chuggalug.clues.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA09300; Fri, 29 Sep 2000 16:06:56 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from geoffb) Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 16:06:56 +0100 From: Geoff Buckingham To: Wilko Bulte Cc: Chris Shenton , Charles Richmond , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hardware/Software Multia/UDB questions Message-ID: <20000929160656.B8918@chuggalug.clues.com> References: <31269226357BD211979E00A0C9866DABE411FD@rios.sitaranetworks.com> <20000929164004.B1155@freebie.demon.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <20000929164004.B1155@freebie.demon.nl>; from Wilko Bulte on Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 04:40:04PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 04:40:04PM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > > How hard would it be to turn a diskless multia into a diskless X-term? > > I've been avoiding doing anything with mine due to fear of heat-death. > > If running diskless can be done -- preferably as an Xterm, not a full > > OS -- I'd be all over it. > > Multia has builtin TGA, I'm not too sure if there is a working X server > for that one. > I was a part of a group of 20 folks who purchased multias 18-24 months ago most of them experianced heat death, including those that ran diskless:-) I would suggest following Mikes advice and uprgrading the fan, combine that with the vertical stand and possibly a DIY heatsink. It may work. I think of the folks here people had the most luck running Linux, heat death wise. (probably just dumb luck) Xfree does have a TGA driver, seen it reported working under linux. Linux folks also report working machines using S3 PCI VGA cards in the PCI slot. PS I wish in no way to advocate the use of Linux. -- GeoffB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message