Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 19:49:26 +0200 From: Riccardo Veraldi <riccardo.veraldi@gmail.com> To: Jackson Donadel <jackson@donadel.com.br> Cc: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>, freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sunfire v440 Message-ID: <519A6226.9080803@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAE1nPe8QXiJXNsToGbnqAGBe_=j-eM6t_LP=wDTG6iU-xY9Wmg@mail.gmail.com> References: <51993E1C.4050301@gmail.com> <20130519211718.GK25595@uriah.heep.sax.de> <519A5BFE.9090802@gmail.com> <CAE1nPe8QXiJXNsToGbnqAGBe_=j-eM6t_LP=wDTG6iU-xY9Wmg@mail.gmail.com>
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sorry my stupid question, I ahve always had sun ahrdware with the openboot ( OK prompt) the LOM is another layer before this ? On 5/20/13 7:29 PM, Jackson Donadel wrote: > > 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 > <mailto: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 <mailto:freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org> > mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > <mailto:freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" >
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