Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 21:33:58 -0500 From: Jacob Ritorto <jacob.ritorto@gmail.com> To: zenxyzzy <zenxyzzy@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org" <freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: reintro and pkgng aghastness Message-ID: <CAHYQbfAkF8aq_tKwmiVfp=9BmTNhp=tOk=T54fjjjO9RM_p_Rg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BVBNVSk5cwD%2BDa8a13n2FTXyrdQXaqQ-gS3XPDdCLahrD91LA@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> <CA%2BVBNVQ%2BUE34p2MaD%2B0U%2B6dhQEPar55Buec9B7YHrF_kZJoW=g@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BVBNVSk5cwD%2BDa8a13n2FTXyrdQXaqQ-gS3XPDdCLahrD91LA@mail.gmail.com>
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hah, awesome. My 360 could reach mind-smashing speeds of, like, 396 or something D: Hmm, those 370-3799s you mentioned are $16 on ebay atm... Tempted.. On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 8:42 PM, zenxyzzy <zenxyzzy@gmail.com> wrote: > > https://web.archive.org/web/20150204014108/http://www.ezplanet.net/xwiki/= bin/view/KnowledgeBase/SunUltra5Overclocking > > --curt > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 5:29 PM, zenxyzzy <zenxyzzy@gmail.com> wrote: > >> it also runs the 440 mhz ultrasparc. the specs say 400 is the limit, bu= t >> hey, 10% more cpu is there, too. just don't overclock it - I did fry on= e >> 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 M= B >>> 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 >>>> even >>>> 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 >>>> got >>>> > 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, t= o >>>> >> 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 >>>> able >>>> >>> 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 wa= s >>>> 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 a= nd >>>> >>>>> everything. >>>> >>>>> XVR-1000 support. root on SSD. fan control support - this >>>> clinched >>>> >>>>> 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 an= d >>>> I'm >>>> >>>>>> pleased to announce that I'm using a computer that's from aroun= d >>>> 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 >>>> the >>>> >>>>>> 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 >>>> 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 >>>> 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 >>>> 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 t= o >>>> >>>>>> 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.org" >>>> >>> >> >
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