On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 12:45:08PM -0600, Phil Howard wrote:
> This looks like an interesting system. UltraSparc 400 MHz, 128 MB
> of PC133 std RAM, 20 gig IDE drive (brand unknown), dual ethernet,
> Solaris 8, 1U rack mount, for $995. I think I might try to get me
> one of these and see if Slackware will run on it. As far as I can
> see it has no video or CDROM, but these things are typically not
> needed for racked servers. I guess it's network booting to install
> or rescue the machine.
>
> I'm thinking of these for field deployment at client sites for use
> as remote firewall/servers. This may be just the thing I need, so
> I'm glad we got Slackware going on Sparc, including serial console
> support (as these need). They are PCI based, but I suspect that
> will be just like other UltraSparc PCI.
>
> Anyone have any experience with these, yet?
No experience with these yet, but they look cool. I was totally shocked
at the price. You can now afford a powerful Sun machine and not require
three loans and whatever you have in the bank. :)
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David Cantrell | david@slackware.com
KG6CII | Slackware Linux Project
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