IT! WORKS!
Mykel
Mykel at mWare.ca
Wed Jun 16 04:53:02 GMT 2004
Scott Long wrote:
> Mykel wrote:
>
>> Ken Smith wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 11:38:08PM -0400, Mykel wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> w00t!
>>>>
>>>> I have the June 14th snapshot installed and running on my Ultra2!
>>>>
>>>> Aside from HORRIBLE terminal issues (ncurses is allergic to the
>>>> console, also, you can only type at about 1CPS, everything else
>>>> gets dropped)
>>>>
>>>> but
>>>>
>>>> IT WORKS!
>>>>
>>>> $ uname -a
>>>> FreeBSD phoebus.condor.lan SNAP-20040612 FreeBSD SNAP-20040612 #0:
>>>> Mon Jun 14 07:25:37 UTC 2004
>>>> root at bobbi.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC sparc64
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yay! :-)
>>>
>>> FYI - I'm going to do another snapshot. Scott reported there was
>>> more fixed recently than just tagged transfers.
>>>
>>> Serial port is still the best way to do an install, that's on the
>>> todo list... :-)
>>>
>>>
>> Well, you see - I /had/ thought of that, but you must understand...
>> what I have on my desk:
>> -> Centrino laptop (Slackware) with no RS232 ports
>> -> $CLIENT's PC/router/server/paperweight
>> -> Toshiba T1200 laptop
>>
>> Yes... T1200 - an XT, (it's only 5 or 6 years younger than me)
>> running MSDOs 6.22 and ProCOMM+, the only problem is - the screen is
>> too small for any reasonable terminal, so it's just a mess.
>
>
> Man, flash back to 1986! My first pc experience was a T1000. I would
> have killed for a T1200 back then ;-)
My first was on a Zenith (QueensU.ca branded) XT @ 8Mhz with a *MEG* of
RAM... whoa...
Then I saw a scanner and a colour screen... well that nearly knocked me
out of my diapers! ;)
>> So I just bit the bullet, reboot serveral times before deciding VT100
>> mode would be the best on the console.
>>
>> Now how about the console? how can I make typing at least practical
>> on here? I was hoping to use this as a desktop machine.
>
> As I mentioned in my other email, you might try adjusting the serial
> port speed.
Remember... you're talking to the guy who put his CD in upside down
earlier today... how do I do that?
> Just a guess though. I bootstrapped my machine by
> netbooting it and then manually paritioning the disk and doing an
> installworld into it.
Heh - kinda defeats the whole point of what I did today :\
>
>>
>> Also - can I just CVSup from my local mirror or is that different on
>> Sparc64? And X - how do I get that going? Just follow the handbook?
>
>
> cvsup works just as it does on x86. X requires syscons (or pvct, but
> that doesn't work on sparc64). syscons + creator appears to somewhat
> work for me, but it requires uart(4) for the keyboard. Again, uart(4)
> locks up my U2 as soon as interrupts are enabled, so it's not really an
> option.
there really is no way around this at the time? (I just read "$stuff it
doesn't work $more_stuff")
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