yes ! $ tip hardwire connected SPARCstation 20 MP (4 X RT625), No Keyboard ROM Rev. 2.25R hyperSPARC, 256 MB memory installed, Serial #3547448. Ethernet address 8:0:20:21:b3:39, Host ID: 72362138. Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma at f,400000/esp at f,800000/sd at 3,0 File and args: SunOS Release 5.8 Version Generic_117350-35 32-bit Copyright 1983-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. WARNING: forceload of misc/md_trans failed WARNING: forceload of misc/md_raid failed WARNING: forceload of misc/md_hotspares failed WARNING: forceload of misc/md_sp failed configuring IPv4 interfaces: le0. Hostname: fossil le0: No carrier - cable disconnected or hub link test disabled? le0: No carrier - cable disconnected or hub link test disabled? le0: No carrier - cable disconnected or hub link test disabled? The system is coming up. Please wait. checking ufs filesystems /dev/md/rdsk/d7: is logging. /dev/md/rdsk/d5: is logging. Starting IPv4 routing daemon. starting rpc services: rpcbind done. Setting netmask of le0 to 255.255.255.0 Setting default IPv4 interface for multicast: add net 224.0/4: gateway fossil syslog service starting. fc-cache running in background ... volume management starting. The system is ready. fossil console login: ***************************************************************************** * * Starting Desktop Login on display :0... * * Wait for the Desktop Login screen before logging in. * ***************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************** * * The X-server can not be started on display :0... * ***************************************************************************** fossil console login: root etc etc I used the sparcv7 binaries provided in the package and was able to boot a Red Hat Linux 6.2 for x86 CDROM image with it and begin installation. It was painfully slow. in fact .. it was glacial. but it seem to run with a few graphics problems. I am testing on snv_49 on sun4u now Dennis
Dennis Clarke wrote:>yes ! > >$ tip hardwire >connected > >SPARCstation 20 MP (4 X RT625), No Keyboard >ROM Rev. 2.25R hyperSPARC, 256 MB memory installed, Serial #3547448. >Ethernet address 8:0:20:21:b3:39, Host ID: 72362138. > > > >Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma at f,400000/esp at f,800000/sd at 3,0 File and args: >SunOS Release 5.8 Version Generic_117350-35 32-bit >Copyright 1983-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. >WARNING: forceload of misc/md_trans failed >WARNING: forceload of misc/md_raid failed >WARNING: forceload of misc/md_hotspares failed >WARNING: forceload of misc/md_sp failed >configuring IPv4 interfaces: le0. >[...] >fossil console login: root > >etc etc > >I used the sparcv7 binaries provided in the package and was able to boot a >Red Hat Linux 6.2 for x86 CDROM image with it and begin installation. > >It was painfully slow. > >in fact .. it was glacial. > >but it seem to run with a few graphics problems. > >I am testing on snv_49 on sun4u now > >Dennis > >That''s cool to see it working on sparcv8. (v7 is ways older, not even sun4d or sun4c are v7, and the SS20 is sun4m and therefore one of the last v8''s) SS20: Of course will a guest like UNIX/LinUX not be fast enough to be usable. But DOS should. -- Martin