Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:10:08 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Michael Dexter <dexter@ambidexter.com> Cc: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WANTED: login on a FreeBSD/PowerPC system for toolchain work Message-ID: <16909.11584.584347.148955@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <a0620071ebe2fd9e413d3@[192.168.1.100]> References: <20050208084533.GA89688@dragon.nuxi.com> <p06200703be2f03a191ce@[128.113.24.47]> <b9a869de73a63c29f7dbbc96f7970780@mac.com> <a0620071ebe2fd9e413d3@[192.168.1.100]>
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Michael Dexter writes: > > I recently donated a G4 to gallatin. Is this machine working and can > it serve this purpose? > Actually, you didn't donate it to me, you donated it to the FreeBSD Foundation. It was accepted with the intent of being installed in a development cluster so all developers could access it. Apparently space is at a premium in the main colo, and we can only place rack-mount boxes there, so it was decided to install it at the RTP cluster. Since I live 2 miles from the RTP cluster, I accepted the donation, spent a weekend installing FreeBSD on it, and bought a g-port serial console port and mini-din -> db9 adapter for it with my own money. After FreeBSD was installed, I carried it to the RTP cluster where it was physically placed in the rack and powered on by the rtp cluster admins. Its name is "scratch": It crashed at some point, and the rtp cluster admins who have physical access to the machine have been unresponsive. Unfortunately, I do not have physical access to the hardware, so the most I can do is ask for it to be rebooted. I'm upset at the situation, and I'm begninning to wish the machine had just been shipped to David... Drew
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