I wanna help test ...

[John-Mark Gurney]

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 at 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!

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