Installation on Ultra 5 - Revision history

80.119.187.162: correct typo: snd_adiocd -> snd_audiocs

2009-05-23T09:34:07Z

correct typo: snd_adiocd -> snd_audiocs

DrModiford: Added link to other article

2008-09-23T08:23:16Z

Added link to other article

DrModiford: Edited the opening page

2008-09-16T12:51:46Z

Edited the opening page

DrModiford: Added See also section

2008-09-16T12:48:21Z

Added See also section

DrModiford: Minor corrections

2008-09-16T10:08:27Z

Minor corrections

DrModiford: Added section on sound device

2008-09-16T10:04:45Z

Added section on sound device

DrModiford: How to configure the 'BIOS' of the Ultra system to boot FreeBSD every time

2008-09-16T09:40:38Z

How to configure the 'BIOS' of the Ultra system to boot FreeBSD every time

DrModiford: Corrections

2008-09-10T10:47:45Z

Corrections

DrModiford: SWAP entry corrected

2008-09-10T10:44:34Z

SWAP entry corrected

DrModiford: Added link to Sun Microsystems Hardware

2008-09-10T10:40:59Z

Added link to Sun Microsystems Hardware

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   '''kldload sound'''         (press Enter)
-  '''kldload snd_audiocd'''         (press Enter)
+  '''kldload snd_audiocs'''         (press Enter)
 The [[dmesg]] command will output a similar entry to the following after successful detection of the audio device:

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 == See also ==
 For more details on configuring the OpenBoot system, see Sun Microsystem's [http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/802-3242/6i75cc1kk?a=view Command Reference Manual] web page.
 [[Category : Installation]]

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−	The following guide covers the ~~initiation of an~~ installation of FreeBSD on the [[Sun Microsystems Hardware\|Sun Microsystems]]' Ultra 5 platform. This should be suitable for the Ultra 10 platform, a faster and improved variant of the Ultra 5. ~~It does not cover the entire~~ installation~~, which~~ is similar to an installation of FreeBSD on x86. ~~It simply~~ covers the ~~starting~~ of the ~~installer to the point of similarity~~.	+	The following guide covers the base installation of FreeBSD on the [[Sun Microsystems Hardware\|Sun Microsystems]]' Ultra 5 platform. This should also be suitable for the Ultra 10 platform, a faster and improved variant of the Ultra 5. The installation is similar to an installation of FreeBSD on regular x86 systems. The following covers the specifics of the Ultra 5 system installation.

	== Pre-requisites ==		== Pre-requisites ==

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	The 'SWAP' is set to 2x the on-board RAM size (a FreeBSD system recommendation). The '/usr' splice is 32GB, but shown as 32768MB on the screen. The '/svr' slice used the remainder of the disk, which happened to be 114GB of the 160GB (give-or-take) capacity and exists as a place to host the 'server' specific data instead of the default '/usr' locations used by [[Apache]] and others.		The 'SWAP' is set to 2x the on-board RAM size (a FreeBSD system recommendation). The '/usr' splice is 32GB, but shown as 32768MB on the screen. The '/svr' slice used the remainder of the disk, which happened to be 114GB of the 160GB (give-or-take) capacity and exists as a place to host the 'server' specific data instead of the default '/usr' locations used by [[Apache]] and others.
		+
		+	== See also ==
		+
		+	For more details on configuring the OpenBoot system, see Sun Microsystem's [http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/802-3242/6i75cc1kk?a=view Command Reference Manual] web page.

	[[Category : Installation]]		[[Category : Installation]]

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   '''snd_audiocs_load="YES"'''
-'''Note:''' this file might not exist and need creating.
+'''Note:''' this file might not exist and will need creating.
 The system will need rebooting for these drivers to load.  It is possible to use [[kldload]] to start them without a reboot as follows:
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   '''kldload snd_audiocd'''         (press Enter)
-The [[dmesg]] output will output a similar entry after successful detection of the sound device:
+The [[dmesg]] command will output a similar entry to the following after successful detection of the audio device:
   pcm0: <Sun Audiocs> addr 0x147...

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	Most, if not all, PCI network cards supported by the x86 release should be supported by the UltraSPARC release.		Most, if not all, PCI network cards supported by the x86 release should be supported by the UltraSPARC release.
		+
		+	=== Sound ===
		+
		+	The Ultra 5 has on-board audio featuring line-in, line-out, microphone and speaker sockets on the rear (using conventional jacks) and a CD-audio connection internally. The audio device is based on the Crystal Sounds CS4231A and FreeBSD for Sparc64 features a driver for this chip-set.
		+
		+	The file '/boot/loader.conf' requires the following lines added to it:
		+
		+	'''sound_load="YES"'''
		+	'''snd_audiocs_load="YES"'''
		+
		+	'''Note:''' this file might not exist and need creating.
		+
		+	The system will need rebooting for these drivers to load. It is possible to use [[kldload]] to start them without a reboot as follows:
		+
		+	'''kldload sound''' (press Enter)
		+	'''kldload snd_audiocd''' (press Enter)
		+
		+	The [[dmesg]] output will output a similar entry after successful detection of the sound device:
		+
		+	pcm0: <Sun Audiocs> addr 0x147...
		+
		+	There is also an audio driver for the 'Ensoniq AudioPCI ES137x' series of chip-sets from Creative Labs. Substitute the above 'snd_audiocs' with 'snd_es137x' to utilise this audio device.

	== Settings used ==		== Settings used ==

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	'''Note:''' The ''ok'' above is the command prompt, so enter only the part in '''bold-type'''.		'''Note:''' The ''ok'' above is the command prompt, so enter only the part in '''bold-type'''.
		+
		+	If the server fails to start upon reboot, requiring the above command to be run manually each time, the following commands should be issued on the OpenBoot screen:
		+
		+	ok '''setenv boot-device disk''' (press Enter)
		+	ok '''setenv boot-file /boot/loader''' (press Enter)
		+	ok '''nvstore''' (press Enter)
		+
		+	These commands will set the environment variables 'boot-device' and 'boot-file' with the appropriate values for FreeBSD's boot loader and then commit the values to the system's non-volatile memory (similar to Save Settings in a conventional PC BIOS).
		+
		+	Either reboot the system or re-issue the 'boot' command above to continue loading FreeBSD.

	== FreeBSD on UltraSPARC specific issues ==		== FreeBSD on UltraSPARC specific issues ==

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 |}
-The 'SWAP' is set to 2x the on-board RAM size (a FreeBSD system recommendation).  The '/usr' splice is 32GB, but shown as 32768MB on the screen.  The '/svr' slice used the remainder of the disk, which happened to be 114GB of the 160GB capacity (give-or-take) and exists as a place to hose the 'server' specific data instead of the default '/usr' locations.
+The 'SWAP' is set to 2x the on-board RAM size (a FreeBSD system recommendation).  The '/usr' splice is 32GB, but shown as 32768MB on the screen.  The '/svr' slice used the remainder of the disk, which happened to be 114GB of the 160GB (give-or-take) capacity and exists as a place to host the 'server' specific data instead of the default '/usr' locations used by [[Apache]] and others.
 [[Category : Installation]]

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−	The following guide covers the initiation of an installation of FreeBSD on the Sun Microsystems' Ultra 5 platform. This should be suitable for the Ultra 10 platform, a faster and improved variant of the Ultra 5. It does not cover the entire installation, which is similar to an installation of FreeBSD on x86. It simply covers the starting of the installer to the point of similarity.	+	The following guide covers the initiation of an installation of FreeBSD on the [[Sun Microsystems Hardware\|Sun Microsystems]]' Ultra 5 platform. This should be suitable for the Ultra 10 platform, a faster and improved variant of the Ultra 5. It does not cover the entire installation, which is similar to an installation of FreeBSD on x86. It simply covers the starting of the installer to the point of similarity.

	== Pre-requisites ==		== Pre-requisites ==