[indiana-discuss] Include "partition tool" into LiveCD?

2008-10-09 Thread Alex Peng
Recently in different Installfests or Techdays, people showed interesting in trying install OpenSolaris into their hard disk. (Of course, they already used "device driver utility" to know if OpenSolaris is suitable for the hardware) BUT the next problem is - they don't have any primary partition l

Re: [indiana-discuss] Feedback requested! Which SPARC platforms to target first...

2008-10-09 Thread Martin Bochnig
And of course it is not the CPU alone, the Blade 1000/2000's System-Interconnect with Crossbar-Switch handles up to 4 GB/s. No other legacy sun4u ws compares to it. The io is *amazing*. Martin -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ indiana-dis

Re: [indiana-discuss] Feedback requested! Which SPARC platforms to target first...

2008-10-09 Thread Martin Bochnig
> I would think that a good target would be machines > that are cheap and plentiful on the used market > > That is, U10, U5 ( maybe ), B100/150 > > my 0.02CAD , Desktop support would be a must Basicly I am on your side. Those are almost for free on ebay ($10 end price). They are also very power

Re: [indiana-discuss] Feedback requested! Which SPARC platforms to target first...

2008-10-09 Thread James Cornell
John Sonnenschein wrote: > I would think that a good target would be machines that are cheap and > plentiful on the used market > > That is, U10, U5 ( maybe ), B100/150 > > my 0.02CAD , Desktop support would be a must > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > __

Re: [indiana-discuss] Feedback requested! Which SPARC platforms to target first...

2008-10-09 Thread John Sonnenschein
I would think that a good target would be machines that are cheap and plentiful on the used market That is, U10, U5 ( maybe ), B100/150 my 0.02CAD , Desktop support would be a must -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ indiana-discuss mailing

Re: [indiana-discuss] http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/fox/SPARC-Xorg/ added.

2008-10-09 Thread Martin Bochnig
Hi! Paul Gress wrote: > > Looking at the matrix you developed, it appears my > XVR1200 is hopeless Pretty much so, except 3DLabs ever opens the specs. Even on Linux_x86 you depend on closed bins for those chipsets (which don't exist for SPARC-Solaris-Xorg). It is a long story. Linux kernel gen

Re: [indiana-discuss] http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/fox/SPARC-Xorg/ added.

2008-10-09 Thread Paul Gress
Martin Bochnig wrote: > Hi, > > this is one of the things for which I actually required "website-editor" > status: I finally have new (very special) glasses. And no pain in my right > eye anymore. Now I can do normal desktop work. The first fox-gate related > thing I did was the long-promised hw

[indiana-discuss] Download Natamar Demo-Preview of a LiveCD with SPARC-Xorg 7.2

2008-10-09 Thread Martin Bochnig
http://www.martux.org/SPARC_distro_incl_Xorg7.2/ It is based on Indiana's err BeleniX's LiveMediaFramework. username: jack / pw: jack su root: / pw: opensolaris A much better verion is in the queue, but today seems to be a good time to remind you of this, again. Regards, Martin Bochnig Natama

Re: [indiana-discuss] Feedback requested! Which SPARC platforms to target first...

2008-10-09 Thread Bill Rushmore
> As a developer, which SPARC configuration would you > be able/willing > to utilize for creating applications? Do you have > old SPARC machines > that you would repurpose for this? I am still running an old Sun Blade 100. It runs as a headless server with the latest Nevada builds (and quit

[indiana-discuss] http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/fox/SPARC-Xorg/ added.

2008-10-09 Thread Martin Bochnig
Hi, this is one of the things for which I actually required "website-editor" status: I finally have new (very special) glasses. And no pain in my right eye anymore. Now I can do normal desktop work. The first fox-gate related thing I did was the long-promised hw compatibility matrix. More SPARC

Re: [indiana-discuss] Feedback requested! Which SPARC platforms to

2008-10-09 Thread Dale Ghent
On Oct 9, 2008, at 8:49 AM, Marc Hamilton wrote: > For deployment, I would like to see UltraSPARC T2+, UltraSPARC T2 > based systems supported. Fervently Seconded. OpenSolaris/SPARC in the data center nowadays pretty much demands sun4v support in the form of T2000s and Huron/VF boxes. A sec

Re: [indiana-discuss] Feedback requested! Which SPARC platforms to

2008-10-09 Thread Marc Hamilton
For deployment, I would like to see UltraSPARC T2+, UltraSPARC T2 based systems supported. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-d

Re: [indiana-discuss] Feedback requested! Which SPARC platforms to target first...

2008-10-09 Thread James Cornell
Ultra 60, Ultra 80, T2000 are what machines I have access to (All are remote) a full CLI environment on par with the standard x86 offerings is a must. As for installation, text is fine, over serial would be nice for the ones with a graphics card, and is a must for the T2000 as I do not use

Re: [indiana-discuss] Feedback requested! Which SPARC platforms to target first...

2008-10-09 Thread Peter Tribble
On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Tim Cramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > We're beginning work on getting a SPARC version of the OpenSolaris > distro from Sun. This version will target Q1 of CY '09 (hopefully early > Q1). >Although when doing a port much of this code will simply work on

Re: [indiana-discuss] Feedback requested! Which SPARC platforms to target first...

2008-10-09 Thread Yiannis Mavroukakis
Fantastic! As a developer I'm using an Ultra 10 and a Sun Blade 100, but a desktop environment is essential for me. Tim Cramer wrote: > All, >We're beginning work on getting a SPARC version of the OpenSolaris > distro from Sun. This version will target Q1 of CY '09 (hopefully early > Q1).