On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:22:04PM +0200, Huy Nguyen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> why don't you install from the network?
put bsd.rd on the root of the solaris file system and do:
boot disk bsd.rd
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OpenBSD 4.5-current (GENERIC) #0: Sun Jun 14 02:35:19 MDT 2009
dera...@sparc64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc64/compile/GENERIC
real mem = 268435456 (256MB)
avail mem = 248152064 (236MB)
mainbus0 at root: Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC-IIi 300MHz)
cpu
Philippe Meunier wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently rescued an unused Sun Ultra 5/10 that was going to end up
> in the trash and I've been trying for several hours now to install
> OpenBSD on it with no success whatsoever. It's a headless machine
> with one internal disk
Microsystems, Inc.
mem = 262144K (0x1000)
avail mem = 252256256
Ethernet address = 8:0:20:9e:d7:72
root nexus = Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC-IIi 300MHz)
pci0 at root: UPA 0x1f 0x0
pci0 is /p...@1f,0
PCI-device: p...@1,1, simba0
PCI-device: p...@1, simba1
PCI-device: i...@3, uata0
dad0 at pc
Huy Nguyen wrote:
>why don't you install from the network?
Yes, that's the last boot method I have to try before giving up
completely... I'll give it a try next week once I have a bit more
spare time.
Bryan Irvine wrote:
>Grab OpenBSD/4.5/sparc64/cd45.iso and see if you fair better.
No luck, I
Grab OpenBSD/4.5/sparc64/cd45.iso and see if you fair better.
-Bryan
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 2:58 AM, Philippe Meunier wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently rescued an unused Sun Ultra 5/10 that was going to end up
> in the trash and I've been trying for several hours now to instal
Hi,
why don't you install from the network?
Huy
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 05:58:51AM -0400, Philippe Meunier wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently rescued an unused Sun Ultra 5/10 that was going to end up
> in the trash and I've been trying for several hours now to install
&
Hello,
I recently rescued an unused Sun Ultra 5/10 that was going to end up
in the trash and I've been trying for several hours now to install
OpenBSD on it with no success whatsoever. It's a headless machine
with one internal disk, a CD drive, a floppy drive, and what looks
like a PCI
On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 11:01:07PM +, Janke Knolli wrote:
> Hi, my first post here. I just installed OpenBSD 4.2 from the "official"
> CD's on a Sun Ultra 5 270Mhz 128MB RAM with mouse, keyboard (5C) and a
> ordinary vga monitor. All smooth and good.
>
> Then t
* Edd Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-01-18 00:08:22]:
> Hi there,
>
> On Jan 17, 2008 11:01 PM, Janke Knolli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi, my first post here. I just installed OpenBSD 4.2 from the "official"
> > CD's on a Sun Ultra 5
Hi there,
On Jan 17, 2008 11:01 PM, Janke Knolli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, my first post here. I just installed OpenBSD 4.2 from the "official"
> CD's on a Sun Ultra 5 270Mhz 128MB RAM with mouse, keyboard (5C) and a
> ordinary vga monitor. All smooth and good
On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 11:01:07PM +, Janke Knolli wrote:
> Hi, my first post here. I just installed OpenBSD 4.2 from the "official"
> CD's on a Sun Ultra 5 270Mhz 128MB RAM with mouse, keyboard (5C) and a
> ordinary vga monitor. All smooth and good.
>
> Then th
Hi, my first post here. I just installed OpenBSD 4.2 from the "official"
CD's on a Sun Ultra 5 270Mhz 128MB RAM with mouse, keyboard (5C) and a
ordinary vga monitor. All smooth and good.
Then there's the problem:
Reading MAN-pages is *very* slow in virtual console/termin
On Thursday 25 May 2006 06:38, Bryan Irvine wrote:
> > I'm using minicom, at 9600 baud and using the /dev/tty00
> > device.
Tried /dev/cua00?
---
Lars Hansson
On 5/19/06, mal content <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello.
I'm trying to connect to a Sun Ultra 5 from my OpenBSD
laptop (a thinkpad) but I'm currently stuck. I have next to
no experience with serial communications, so I'm groping
around in the dark currently.
I have a ser
By the way, in my experiences with Sun, you need hardware flow control
enabled. Also, you need to ensure that the cables you are using have
all of the pins connected, and you are correct in assuming that you
need a null style cable. Occasionally you'll find a crappy serial
cable where the hardwa
mal content wrote:
> On 5/20/06, Sevan / Venture37 wrote:
>> mal content wrote:
>> > Ah, well, there's the problem you see. I'm actually trying to get
>> > a serial login as the last lot apparently set the console to some
>> > ridiculous resolution that no monitor here can handle.
>> >
>> > It's lo
mal content wrote:
> Ah, well, there's the problem you see. I'm actually trying to get
> a serial login as the last lot apparently set the console to some
> ridiculous resolution that no monitor here can handle.
>
> It's looking pretty unlikely that I'm even going to get that though,
> this one mi
On 5/20/06, Sevan / Venture37 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Try holding STOP & F & powering up the system, this forces output via
serial port A
STOP-D forces a diagnostic power on. The NVRAM Parameter
diag-switch? is set to true.
Not supported by USB Keyboards.
STOP-F forces input and
On 5/20/06, Sevan / Venture37 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
mal content wrote:
> Ah, well, there's the problem you see. I'm actually trying to get
> a serial login as the last lot apparently set the console to some
> ridiculous resolution that no monitor here can handle.
>
> It's looking pretty unli
On 5/20/06, Chad M Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Being a U5, its used, which means someone could have changed the baud
rate of the serial port. :) I've got two U10s, a SS20, and 220R in
my basement^H^H data center. ;-)
If you can use a keyboard & monitor to get to the ok prompt, then yo
Being a U5, its used, which means someone could have changed the baud
rate of the serial port. :) I've got two U10s, a SS20, and 220R in
my basement^H^H data center. ;-)
If you can use a keyboard & monitor to get to the ok prompt, then you
can check the speed of the serial port. I can't
- Original Nachricht
Von: mal content <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
An: misc@openbsd.org
Datum: 20.05.2006 00:01
Betreff: Connecting to Sun Ultra 5 over serial line
> Hello.
>
> I'm trying to connect to a Sun Ultra 5 from my OpenBSD
> laptop (a thinkpad) but I&#x
On 5/19/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I'm trying to connect to a Sun Ultra 5 from my OpenBSD
> laptop (a thinkpad) but I'm currently stuck. I have next to
> no experience with serial communications, so I'm groping
> aro
On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 11:01:02PM +0100, mal content wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I'm trying to connect to a Sun Ultra 5 from my OpenBSD
> laptop (a thinkpad) but I'm currently stuck. I have next to
> no experience with serial communications, so I'm groping
> around in
On 5/19/06, Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Instead of using minicom, can you try:
# cu -l /dev/cua00
This works fine (here) from and to a Blade 100/SS4/SGI 02.
Hello.
The output from that command was colourful to say the least
and in fact caused xterm to glitch (the pro
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> When I switch on the Sun, I'm told that I should get some
> console output and then the usual ok> prompt. I actually
> get a lot of control characters and binary gibberish.
>
> Where exactly do I start with troubleshooting? The cable
> doesn't seem to be at fault, so I'm
Hello.
I'm trying to connect to a Sun Ultra 5 from my OpenBSD
laptop (a thinkpad) but I'm currently stuck. I have next to
no experience with serial communications, so I'm groping
around in the dark currently.
I have a serial cable with a null modem adapter connected
to the DB9 se
On 11/10/2005, at 7:54 AM, Matthew Weigel wrote:
Why not look at quad-port GigE cards? I know for sure em(4) has
available
quad-port cards.
I will for the future.
It doesn't make it any faster as a server, either. ;-)
I've got an Ultra-Wide or Ultra2 SCSI card in my Ultra 10, and it
s
Shane J Pearson wrote:
> Hi Matthew,
>
> On 11/10/2005, at 7:03 AM, Matthew Weigel wrote:
>>
>> Have you considered a multi-port card...?
>
> I did. I was hoping to find a quad port fxp, but couldn't find one.
Why not look at quad-port GigE cards? I know for sure em(4) has available
quad-port car
Hi Matthew,
On 11/10/2005, at 7:03 AM, Matthew Weigel wrote:
Have you considered a multi-port card...?
I did. I was hoping to find a quad port fxp, but couldn't find one. I
know of the quad port dc's, but I've heard a few times of problems
with them. Since I already had an Ultra 10, I just or
On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 06:18:31AM +1000, Shane J Pearson wrote:
> I need for my current desired config. The U10 apparently can also go
> to 440MHz with 2Mbyte L2. I wonder if the U5 could take this anyway?
>
Moved such a cpu from an ultra 10 machine to an ultra 5 without any
issues at all for at
Shane J Pearson wrote:
> I'm using a U10 for the extra PCI slot allowing me to have the 5 NICS
> I need for my current desired config.
Have you considered a multi-port card...?
> The U10 apparently can also go
> to 440MHz with 2Mbyte L2. I wonder if the U5 could take this anyway?
> I currently a
Hey Joe (where are you goin' with that OpenBSD CD in your hand?), ; )
On 10/10/2005, at 11:02 AM, Joe S wrote:
>
> After doing my own tests, I found that the Ultra 5 was too slow to
> perform near wire-speed throughput.
>
> TEST 1 - Sun Ultra 5 360MHz
> dc0 and dc1 ar
On Oct 10, 2005, at 2:16 AM, Joe S wrote:
Jason Dixon wrote:
Unless you've got a DS-3 or better, why does it matter?
1 interface is for the ADSL connection. I'm not worried about that.
2 interfaces are local networks. It's the throughput between those
2 that I noticed a bit of a bottleneck
On Friday 07 October 2005 21:28, Joe S wrote:
> Is anyone on the list running an Ultra 5 as firewall? I would like to
> move my firewall from an overpowered P4-3GHz box to a Sun Ultra 5 360MHz.
Yes. My Sun Ultra 5 isn't just a firewall, but an NFS server with a relatively
large disk
On 10/7/05, Marco Peereboom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I ran an Ultra-5 for 2 years straight as my home firewall. It got replaced
> with an hppa just because I could :-) My mailserver is still an ultra-5 that
> has run for 3 years. The only time it has been down is when my ups gave out.
> Sparc
Jason Dixon wrote:
Unless you've got a DS-3 or better, why does it matter?
1 interface is for the ADSL connection. I'm not worried about that.
2 interfaces are local networks. It's the throughput between those 2
that I noticed a bit of a bottleneck. It's not *that* bad. It's more
suprising t
On Oct 9, 2005, at 9:02 PM, Joe S wrote:
Joe S wrote:
questions on the list. Why not just setup a test network and
run iperf against it?
After doing my own tests, I found that the Ultra 5 was too slow to
perform near wire-speed throughput.
TEST 1 - Sun Ultra 5 360MHz
dc0 and dc1 are
Joe S wrote:
questions on the list. Why not just setup a test network and run
iperf against it?
After doing my own tests, I found that the Ultra 5 was too slow to
perform near wire-speed throughput.
TEST 1 - Sun Ultra 5 360MHz
dc0 and dc1 are Phobos 430TX quad nic, PCI card
[ 4] 0.0
Hi Joe,
On 08/10/2005, at 6:28 AM, Joe S wrote:
Is anyone on the list running an Ultra 5 as firewall? I would like
to move my firewall from an overpowered P4-3GHz box to a Sun Ultra
5 360MHz.
My main concern is wondering if the Ultra 5 is slow enough to
become a bottleneck from one
On 07 Oct 2005 18:07:30 -0700, Byron Morton wrote:
>Well, I have successfully run my Ultra5 (270ghz) as a natting firewall
>with caching dns, apache, ices, mysql, php(6 dynamic sites) sendmail
>w/auth smtp (also for the 6 domains) and never saw problems or
>bottlenecks. I ran it with the hme($ext_
Joe S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is anyone on the list running an Ultra 5 as firewall? I would like to move my
> firewall from an overpowered P4-3GHz box to a Sun Ultra 5 360MHz.
>
> My main concern is wondering if the Ultra 5 is slow enough to become a
> bottleneck
On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 19:15:29 -0400
Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake:
> On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:28:28 -0700
> Joe S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake:
>
> > Is anyone on the list running an Ultra 5 as firewall? I would like to
> > move my firewall from an overpowered P4
On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:28:28 -0700
Joe S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake:
> Is anyone on the list running an Ultra 5 as firewall? I would like to
> move my firewall from an overpowered P4-3GHz box to a Sun Ultra 5 360MHz.
>
> My main concern is wondering if the Ultra 5 is slow
I ran an Ultra-5 for 2 years straight as my home firewall. It got replaced
with an hppa just because I could :-) My mailserver is still an ultra-5 that
has run for 3 years. The only time it has been down is when my ups gave out.
Sparc + OpenBSD = bliss
On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 02:58:45PM -0700, J
There's no way for anyone to know without describing your throughput.
My apologies. I forgot to include that information. This is stricly a
home network. I am not concerned about the throughtput between my
network and the internet, but rather between local networks. I'll post
my iperf resul
On Oct 7, 2005, at 4:28 PM, Joe S wrote:
Is anyone on the list running an Ultra 5 as firewall? I would like
to move my firewall from an overpowered P4-3GHz box to a Sun Ultra
5 360MHz.
My main concern is wondering if the Ultra 5 is slow enough to
become a bottleneck from one interface to
> Is anyone on the list running an Ultra 5 as firewall? I would like to
> move my firewall from an overpowered P4-3GHz box to a Sun Ultra 5 360MHz.
>
> My main concern is wondering if the Ultra 5 is slow enough to become a
> bottleneck from one interface to another interface. Howev
Joe S wrote:
> Is anyone on the list running an Ultra 5 as firewall? I would like to
> move my firewall from an overpowered P4-3GHz box to a Sun Ultra 5 360MHz.
>
> My main concern is wondering if the Ultra 5 is slow enough to become a
> bottleneck from one interface to another int
From: Joe S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Is anyone on the list running an Ultra 5 as firewall? I would like to
> move my firewall from an overpowered P4-3GHz box to a Sun
> Ultra 5 360MHz.
>
> My main concern is wondering if the Ultra 5 is slow enough to
> become a
>
> Is anyone on the list running an Ultra 5 as firewall? I would like to
> move my firewall from an overpowered P4-3GHz box to a Sun Ultra 5 360MHz.
>
> My main concern is wondering if the Ultra 5 is slow enough to become a
> bottleneck from one interface to another interface.
On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Joe S wrote:
Is anyone on the list running an Ultra 5 as firewall? I would like to move my
firewall from an overpowered P4-3GHz box to a Sun Ultra 5 360MHz.
My main concern is wondering if the Ultra 5 is slow enough to become a
bottleneck from one interface to another
Is anyone on the list running an Ultra 5 as firewall? I would like to
move my firewall from an overpowered P4-3GHz box to a Sun Ultra 5 360MHz.
My main concern is wondering if the Ultra 5 is slow enough to become a
bottleneck from one interface to another interface. However, I know some
of
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