Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 17:04:47 +0100 (BST) From: Mark Valentine <mark@thuvia.demon.co.uk> To: obrien@freebsd.org Cc: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spark 5. Message-ID: <200209301604.g8UG4lOv064228@dotar.thuvia.org> In-Reply-To: <20020930082839.GC4473@dragon.nuxi.com>
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> From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> > Date: Mon 30 Sep, 2002 > Subject: Re: Spark 5. > On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 03:17:24AM +0100, Mark Valentine wrote: > > For FreeBSD you'd want an Ultra 1 at least - 13w3.com has a 170MHz model > > Nope. We don't support the U1 -- neither the Ethernet controller or the > SCSI controller. So you can't boot from any device. An Ultra 1e > (Enterprise) is moderately usable as it has HME Ethernet, which we do > support so you can at least use the machine diskless. Ah, thanks for that. So, only PCI-based SCSI support? Does that mean no joy with an Ultra 2 either? Cheers, Mark. -- Mark Valentine, Thuvia Labs <mark@thuvia.co.uk> <http://www.thuvia.co.uk>; "Tigers will do ANYTHING for a tuna fish sandwich." Mark Valentine uses "We're kind of stupid that way." *munch* *munch* and endorses FreeBSD -- <http://www.calvinandhobbes.com>; <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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