Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 14:01:43 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> To: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ultra 5 workstation announcement Message-ID: <199801271301.OAA05685@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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In list.freebsd-sparc Wes Peters wrote: > > I agree with Greg's thought, if you want SCSI, add a SCSI controller. I > > don't think Sun is positioning the Ultra 5 for I/O intensive applications. > > Yeah, NCR 875 boards are pretty cheap these days ($140). Can you boot an Ultra-5 from one of those? You need a SCSI adapter with OpenBoot ROM support, otherwise you won't be able to boot the beast. An el-cheapo NCR certainly won't do. Regards Oliver Fromme -- Oliver Fromme, Leibnizstr. 18-61, 38678 Clausthal, Germany (Info: finger userinfo:olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de)
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