Re: Spark 5.

2002-09-30 Thread David O'Brien
On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 05:04:47PM +0100, Mark Valentine wrote: > > From: "David O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Mon 30 Sep, 2002 > > Subject: Re: Spark 5. > > > On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 03:17:24AM +0100, Mark Valentine wrote: > > >

Re: Spark 5.

2002-09-30 Thread Mark Valentine
> From: "David O'Brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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

Re: Spark 5.

2002-09-30 Thread David O'Brien
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 mod

Re: Spark 5.

2002-09-26 Thread Brandon D. Valentine
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Andre Hall wrote: > You think the Ultra 5 is one of the worst models Sun released? It's > not a real Sun? What are you guys smoking? Whatever it is I don't want > any. :o) Please, for procmail's sake, take any further Sun-related bikeshed painting to -chat. ;-) Brandon D.

Re: Spark 5.

2002-09-26 Thread Andre Hall
a Sparc 5 I'm either going to donate to Goodwill or sell on Ebay for $60 US. > On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 03:17:24AM +0100, Mark Valentine wrote: > > > Do we run on Spark 5? Someone's selling one and a monitor for 300 UK > > > pounds. Is it worth getting hold

Re: Spark 5.

2002-09-26 Thread Bruce M Simpson
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 03:17:24AM +0100, Mark Valentine wrote: > > Do we run on Spark 5? Someone's selling one and a monitor for 300 UK > > pounds. Is it worth getting hold of? > > Not for FreeBSD (sun4u only, I believe); SPARC 5 is sun4m (32-bit only). I concur. The

Re: Spark 5.

2002-09-25 Thread Mark Valentine
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Josef Karthauser) > Date: Thu 26 Sep, 2002 > Subject: Spark 5. > Do we run on Spark 5? Someone's selling one and a monitor for 300 UK > pounds. Is it worth getting hold of? Not for FreeBSD (sun4u only, I believe); SPARC 5 is sun4m (32-bit only)

Re: Spark 5.

2002-09-25 Thread Brooks Davis
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 12:09:47AM +0100, Josef Karthauser wrote: > Do we run on Spark 5? Someone's selling one and a monitor for 300 UK > pounds. Is it worth getting hold of? A Sparc 5 is a 32-bit machine (approximatly equivalent to a 90Mhz Pentium) so no. If you ment's an

Spark 5.

2002-09-25 Thread Josef Karthauser
Do we run on Spark 5? Someone's selling one and a monitor for 300 UK pounds. Is it worth getting hold of? Joe -- "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." - Albert Einstein, 1