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

[Brian Hechinger]

> 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.

i've also seen a lot of 2.5.1 still in the field since it was such a great 
version a lot of places continue to run it (why fix what isn't broken)

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

i run NetBSD on all my "slower" boxes, so i can't really comment on the speed
of solaris 8 on them.  it is very acceptable on a sparc5 though.

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

i currently sit in front of a sparc20 at home.  it's a little slow at times,
but all in all, does exactly what i need.  it's a great machine.  running, you
guessed it, Solaris 8.

> 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.

the serial console is a wonderful thing.  now to get my xyplex working so i
don't have to climb back behind the rack everytime i want a console on
something. :)

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

you really are trying to get hurt aren't you?  *grin*

-brian