From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 4 01:43:17 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA3B9969 for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2015 01:43:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-la0-x235.google.com (mail-la0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c03::235]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 44AE2F14 for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2015 01:43:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-la0-f53.google.com with SMTP id gq15so55593793lab.12 for ; Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:43:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=r5bcHAIy50edMYriDk9wPJVIe+ul3MiFjjmRfxoLmSc=; b=OMi3CAKO0/VBmvvzMAxQlVlCLAogNrVZ6WCfZjMHYsIlQN/N0ye97tdkryAStEdvnl hrXLmrF9WMCAMfGu8Rr27VKjlafe7Ou6JjSeP2uOr/79koUrmJrFr1L5QKgJzVvv5Zx6 Psgg0cVlgpIJ7pVZWzwlgW1vXJKxZaDrvGJaVY0BFulemAuNzCooSZdqUJMas3WsMfy1 noOF3225TtIm08WtGl96CFgAamGes9Z1Ig2Fx5nCF9nIuLo+AFbi37vkO8w5YsEwXtSw hlpGJUOUJXuXXkUJsqgdORRdgcj79EZZs1b9QFl9gJhWVKszBTs5gPMJTgHY4NZZQAJA W8oA== X-Received: by 10.112.220.36 with SMTP id pt4mr572600lbc.15.1423014194113; Tue, 03 Feb 2015 17:43:14 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.112.30.9 with HTTP; Tue, 3 Feb 2015 17:42:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: zenxyzzy Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 17:42:33 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: reintro and pkgng aghastness To: Torsten Kirschner Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: "freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 01:43:17 -0000 https://web.archive.org/web/20150204014108/http://www.ezplanet.net/xwiki/bi= n/view/KnowledgeBase/SunUltra5Overclocking --curt On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 5:29 PM, zenxyzzy wrote: > 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 wa= s >> that the tall modules wouldn't fit, because the space was occupied by th= e >> 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 >> f=C3=B8lgende: >> >> really, you found a way to get to 1G? I thought only 512 was possible >>> even >>> with the weird tall sticks? >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 4:53 PM, zenxyzzy 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 g= ot >>> > room to put another 3.5 inch drive in. >>> > >>> > --curt >>> > >>> > On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Jacob Ritorto >> > >>> > 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 wrote= : >>> >> >>> >>> I've had luck putting a sata to scsi adaptor on a DVD. should be >>> able >>> >>> to boot that. also, there's plenty of IDE dvd's around. you'd hav= e >>> 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 anothe= r >>> 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 >>> 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 an= d >>> >>>>> everything. >>> >>>>> XVR-1000 support. root on SSD. fan control support - this >>> clinched >>> >>>>> it for me. neither linux or freebsd can turn the freaking fan of= f >>> 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 >>> using >>> >>>>>> Solaris >>> >>>>>> because they're became evil and Illumos because they're kind of >>> not >>> >>>>>> 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 >>> and >>> >>>>>> seeing >>> >>>>>> all the changes and all the stayed-the-sames. >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> I'm pretty exited about the new FreeBSD pkgng system. I had t= he >>> >>>>>> extreme >>> >>>>>> pleasure of using it whilst installing my SPARC last night (whic= h, >>> >>>>>> 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 >>> built the >>> >>>>>> network / diskless system installl on a virtualbox vm on my Mac >>> and >>> >>>>>> installed FreeBSD to the SPARC from there). Good old >>> >>>>>> rarp/boopt/tftp/nfs! >>> >>>>>> Reminded me of Sun Jumpstart! I was really pleased that this wa= y >>> 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 = no >>> >>>>>> avail. >>> >>>>>> Are there seriously *no* package repos for SPARC? >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> If that's the case, I'd like to help remedy it. I've read >>> around >>> >>>>>> 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 an= d >>> 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.org" >>> >> >