Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 18:03:48 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: PaceMakerTaker <pacemakertaker@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I wanna help test ... Message-ID: <20030620010348.GI64061@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <20030619233637.91602.qmail@web13904.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030619220815.GC64061@funkthat.com> <20030619233637.91602.qmail@web13904.mail.yahoo.com>
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PaceMakerTaker wrote this message on Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 16:36 -0700: > OK, I go to ftp.freebsd.org and in the sparc64 > directory I see the iso for disk2 and miniroot. Is > there enough to install or do I need the 5.0-R stuff > also? Do I have to do an upgrade or can I do a clean > install with 5.1-R The miniinst should be enough to get you up and running. It just doesn't contian all the packages that the i386 version does. > --- John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> wrote: > > PaceMakerTaker wrote this message on Thu, Jun 19, > > 2003 at 12:55 -0700: > > > So I've got this 270MHz Ultra 5 here with 128 and > > 8GB > > > as well as a 500MHz Blade 100 with 512 and 40GB. > > I'd > > > love to get involved in the project now that I > > have > > > time! > > > > > > For starters, I guess I'd do some testing work > > since I > > > haven't been into the FreeBSD kernel yet (Although > > > I've been into the Linux kernel and the SunOS > > kernel). > > > I've been doing C/C++ coding for years. > > > > > > If someone wants to point me off in the direction > > of > > > the notes and installation files, I'll jump right > > now. > > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.1R/relnotes-sparc64.html > > > > The cd is bootable, and simple to do. Works fine > > over serial console, > > that's how I got my box up and running. > > > > > I'm sure that there is a list of stuff that needs > > to > > > be tested and/or fixed, where can I find that at? > > > > Well, once you get 5.1-R installed, tracking current > > is good. You > > might still be able to get away with using 5.1-R but > > not for much > > longer since we're already starting to diverge. > > > > Take a look at: > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html > > for more information about it. -current is what you > > want to follow > > if you want to do some testing. > > > > > I'm anxious to help and a little bored here; so > > > anything I can do, let me know! > > > > Well, test the applications. Already there have > > been a few minor bugs > > in apps that were pretty easy to fix. > > > > As for other things, take a look at the archives of > > -sparc64 for the > > last week or two. Thomas Moestl has a patch that > > uses OFW to enumerate > > the PCI bus instead of probing it. I also have a > > patch to make > > Multi-Function devices probe. (Both patches address > > similar issues, > > but are also complementary.) > > > > Stay tuned to the list! -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."
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