Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 14:29:53 -0300 From: Jackson Donadel <jackson@donadel.com.br> To: Riccardo Veraldi <riccardo.veraldi@gmail.com> Cc: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>, freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sunfire v440 Message-ID: <CAE1nPe8QXiJXNsToGbnqAGBe_=j-eM6t_LP=wDTG6iU-xY9Wmg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <519A5BFE.9090802@gmail.com> References: <51993E1C.4050301@gmail.com> <20130519211718.GK25595@uriah.heep.sax.de> <519A5BFE.9090802@gmail.com>
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I think you need to set boot file during the boot process. During the boot I go to the LOM and go to the console then set boot=/boot/kernel. Something like this. Em 20/05/2013 14:23, "Riccardo Veraldi" <riccardo.veraldi@gmail.com> escreveu: > I am about to buy a 4 processor ultrsparc IIIi 1,59MHz, do you think > FreeBSD 9.1 will have no problem to run ? > I mean no problem with 4 CPU number ? > > FreeBSD sparc64 page is telling it is supported... > Sun Fire V440 (support for the on-board NICs first appeared in 7.3-RELEASE > and 8.0-RELEASE) > > my only problem now but it is with all sparc64 architectures is that 9.1 > ISO won't boot... > cannot find kernel. > > > On 5/19/13 11:17 PM, Joerg Wunsch wrote: > >> As Riccardo Veraldi wrote: >> >> Looking on FreeBSD site it tells it is supported since FreeBSD 8.0 >>> but I ask to someone who is using FreeBSD on his V440 to confirm me >>> it's working. >>> >> I recently got a SunFire V210 which should be fairly similar to yours. >> It's working fine. (I've got a single CPU only though.) >> >> I tried to make it less noisy, with moderate success. The trickiest >> part was to have the power supply accept a lower speed fan, because >> the PS evaluates the fan speed internally by itself with some analog >> circuitry. >> >> Unfortunately, as cool as the idea of the ALOM appears at first, with >> a standby power of ~ 15 W, you'd better power it off with a hardware >> switch while you don't need it. >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/**mailman/listinfo/freebsd-**sparc64<http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64> > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@** > freebsd.org <freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" >
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