Re: [slackware-sparcdevel] Sun Netra X1

From: matt (drama@slakin.net)
Date: Thu Jan 18 2001 - 08:38:15 PST


yes, whenever i get a job again, i am definatly buying one of these
puppies!!

--Matt

On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, David Cantrell wrote:

> 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. :)
>
> --
> David Cantrell | david@slackware.com
> KG6CII | Slackware Linux Project
>



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