---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Roger Neth Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mar 11, 2006 10:19 AM Subject: Re: SGI's To: Jason Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 3/11/06, Jason Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/11/06, Roger Neth Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/11/06, Jason Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am soon going to be getting an Octane with dual R12000SC CPUs. I was > > > wondering how well OpenBSD would work on this computer (I am pretty > > > sure there isn't SMP support on the SGI stuff yet) and how much help > > > is needed in getting the SGI port to work even better. > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > Hello, I setup an SGI 02 with 3.8 last year and runs without a > > problem. The only problem I had was understanding the SGI boot methods > > and partitions. Once I understood that no problem. > > > > As far as I know there isn't any X yet and I connect serially. I think > > X is being worked on. > > Serial would be best for me, the SGI monitor I have is like 21+ > inches. I am pretty excited about trying this out, mips is one of the > archs I don't have much experience with yet (some basic IRIX admin > before, but that's it), so when I found one I thought I'd add it to my > already somewhat large personal collection of differnet archs. I just > wish I had a second one I could donate to the OpenBSD guys (SMP > support would kick ass). > > Jason > Last year I put OpenBSD on Sun Sparc (web server), DEC Alpha (firewall), plethora of i386's (laptops & desktops), one SMP on IBM x220 P3 (test machine). I would like to use OpenBSD with world wide missionaries as it is easy to setup and use, especially on older hardware. I anticipate that with Microsoft Vista coming out there will be a lot of old hardware available for OpenBSD. : ) OpenBSD just keeps getting better and better all the time. Which reminds me to pre-order my CD's and t-shirt. rogern John 3:16
