Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 06:36:58 +0000 (GMT) From: Deepak Naidu <deepak_nai@yahoo.com> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>, Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Sun Fire V20Z Message-ID: <20060224063658.50530.qmail@web34603.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <0F2E9952884033440FD8B4CE@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
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Paul, I have FreeBSD 5.4 running on Sun Fire v20, no issues when installing... I havent tried FreeBSD 6.0, should not give issue, ensure ur booting from the first CD(I know u may b wright incase...) You may try FreeBSD 5.4 if it works you can come know why not with 6.0.. Cheers, Deepak Naidu http://deepaknaidu.co.nr/ Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote: --On Thursday, February 23, 2006 12:40:39 -0600 Derek Ragona wrote: > I am not familiar with this Sun unit, but on other sun sparcs their boot > devices were set in the prom. As I recall the cd boot is not the same > slice/dev as the FreeBSD one. You may try to drop to the prom and try > other cd devices to boot from. > It's not sparc hardware. It's AMD Opterons. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Linux your Life, Don't Window it [[]] { All for the best } --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail
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