Re: [OT/For Sale] Sun SPARC hardware collection in Germany

["Aaron B." <aaron%zadzmo.org@localhost>]

On Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:13:38 -0400
Dennis Clarke <dclarke%blastwave.org@localhost> wrote:

> with the exception of a single "new" SPARC S7-2 server. It is a 128-core
> wonder beast with 256G of memory. Sadly it can only run Solaris 11.4 and
> my attempts with NetBSD have all failed.

OpenBSD supports this model: https://www.openbsd.org/sparc64.html

Last I checked NetBSD doesn't fully support the sun4v class machines in
general. There's no reason NetBSD can't, someone simply nearly needs to put
in the time.

Which would be a good thing to have happen - lots of older sun4v
hardware is out there for quite cheap, with plenty of life left. My
Netra T2000 is still going strong; I haven't had problems finding
parts for this 20 years old machine.

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Aaron B. <aaron%zadzmo.org@localhost>