[rescue] Just a thought - what would be a good starter SPARC system these days?

Tue Oct 23 11:35:29 CDT 2001

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You still see a lot of 2.6 in the field.   From an admin's point of view I'm
not sure that there's much of a difference.

A sparc 2 might be best for netBSD, but I thought the LX would run Solaris
8(slowly). 

If you look around you can find a SS5 or SS20 for around $100-$200 which
would be pretty acceptable, with enough RAM.

I certainly wouldn't be concerned with a frame buffer.  The serial port
console if quite effective.  At least until the OS is up and on the LAN.

Besides who would trust a GUI tool that didn't have a curses equivalent? :)

-----Original Message-----
From: steve price [mailto:sdp6513050 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 11:08 AM
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [rescue] Just a thought - what would be a good starter
SPARC system these days?

> so the whole point of this was to put together sparc
> boxes for people to learn
> Solaris on?  so give them a sparc2 with no
> framebuffer and have them use a
> serial console or a telnet session.  using a GUI
> does not a Solaris Admin make.
> 

ah - there is the rub - folks I talk to today want to
learn Solaris8 as it is the "latest/greatest" - they
don't want to "learn" 2.5.1 or 2.6 or 2.7 - that is so
"old"....and of course an SS2 won't run Sol8...so the
basic premise is back to what's the minimum to run Sol8....

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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>You still see a lot of 2.6 in the field.   =
>From an admin's point of view I'm not sure that there's much of a =
difference.</FONT></P>

A sparc 2 might be best for netBSD, but I thought the =
LX would run Solaris 8(slowly).

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>If you look around you can find a SS5 or SS20 for =
around $100-$200 which would be pretty acceptable, with enough =
RAM.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I certainly wouldn't be concerned with a frame =
buffer.  The serial port console if quite effective.  At =
least until the OS is up and on the LAN.</FONT></P>

Besides who would trust a GUI tool that didn't have a =
curses equivalent? :)

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: steve price [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:sdp6513050 at yahoo.com">mailto:sdp6513050 at yahoo.com</A>]</F=
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 11:08 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: rescue at sunhelp.org</FONT>
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a good starter</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>SPARC system these days?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>> so the whole point of this was to put together =
sparc</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> boxes for people to learn</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> Solaris on?  so give them a sparc2 with =
no</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> framebuffer and have them use a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> serial console or a telnet session.  using =
a GUI</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> does not a Solaris Admin make.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>> </FONT>
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<BR>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>ah - there is the rub - folks I talk to today want =
to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>learn Solaris8 as it is the =
"latest/greatest" - they</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>don't want to "learn" 2.5.1 or 2.6 or 2.7 =
- that is so</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>"old"....and of course an SS2 won't run =
Sol8...so the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>basic premise is back to what's the minimum to run =
Sol8....</FONT>
</P>

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