> As a second swing of the stick...
>
> Through researching BrandZ and the current Centos support I was able to do a
> few things today.
looks like a few big things there Ken.
> One was the research in finding Creative Labs still sells the 3D Blaster ATI
> 9200 (128MB) and 9250 (128MB) graphic cards. For the EFIKA, these work with
> the Linux and MorphOS operating systems. I then updated my Linux PPC
> graphic drivers to Mesa 6.5.2 and worked on a few demos.
So you were able to plug in these options and boot with decent support
still ?
> So back to OpenSolaris, what I've done now is provide DVD images of the
> Debian PPC branch. This is a bit ahead of things but provides a full distro
> of Debian PPC (i.e. 9.5GB of data) to test under the Polaris BrandZ work. So
> now OpenSolaris can utilize over 9.5GB of open source software (i.e. wishful
> thinking).
That will be of value sooner than later. I may want that just for my own
day to day use. :-)
> The Realtek 8201/8139 and Sigmatel 9766 drivers are available for MorphOS
> and Linux, so just need to ensure we track those as well for OpenSolaris....
That's one thing that I do need to find is a second ethernet NIC that is
well supported with either Debian etch or Fedora Core 6. I know that Dave
Woodhouse has a EFIKA on the way to him and he may look into Fedora Core
6 booting issues. I tried it out and gave up promptly :-) But,
thankfully, not before talking with Mr. Woodhouse.
On a forward looking note I think we are all making the leap from the ODW
to the EFIKA in fairly smooth order. I think that is just great and Bill
Buck has proven that good business can be had by supporting developers with
free donations of hardware. Therefore, here is my big blunt thank you to
Genesi :
http://www.pegasosppc.com/efika.php
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I'll try to refrain from that sort of thing in the OpenSolaris mail lists
but let's face it, can you name a single entity other than Sun that has gone
the distance like Genesi ?
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Dennis Clarke
