On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Dave McGuire wrote:

> On June 16, yblock@asu.edu wrote:
> > I  have the chance to get an Sparcserve 2 and I was wondering if I can run
> > NetBSD on it.  I know that NetBSD runs on the Sparcstation 2.  I was thinking
> > to netboot from my other box and play mp3 on it.
> 
>   A SPARCserver-2 is nothing more than a SPARCstation-2 with no
> framebuffer and keyboard.  It will run NetBSD/sparc just fine.
> 
>   You may find, however, that it might not be the best box to do mp3
> decoding on.  Its audio subsystem is single-channel, 8-bit, 8KHz.

Another thing to watch out for is the serial console.  Under 1.4.1,
certain SS2's with older openboot proms have a problem using the serial
ports as a console; I'm not sure if this has been fixed under 1.4.2.  If
you have problems when booting, you might want to check the FAQ - IIRC
there is a link to a 1.4.1 kernel there which should work with the serial
console.  You might be able to boot with the 1.4.1 kernel and hack a 1.4.2
kernel, then compile and boot under a 1.4.2 kernel.

Hopefully, it was fixed in 1.4.2, but I'm not positive about that one.

Take care,

-Jon
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