Sparc - Gotchas
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1. Servers only, thanks. | 1. Servers only, thanks. | ||
FreeBSD + Sparc = No GUI. See [http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/hardware-sparc64.html#AEN273 this link] w/r/t 5.0; later versions of FreeBSD documentation do not mention it at all. | FreeBSD + Sparc = No GUI. See [http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.0R/hardware-sparc64.html#AEN273 this link] w/r/t 5.0; later versions of FreeBSD documentation do not mention it at all. | ||
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2. Sun keyboard and mouse? Throw them away! | 2. Sun keyboard and mouse? Throw them away! | ||
Toss 'em because you can't use 'em. Serial console installation only, please. See [[Sparc_-_Terminal_emulation]] | Toss 'em because you can't use 'em. Serial console installation only, please. See [[Sparc_-_Terminal_emulation]] | ||
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3. Booting can be problematic | 3. Booting can be problematic | ||
The OpenBoot Firmware: learn it, love it. | The OpenBoot Firmware: learn it, love it. | ||
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4. Java is more of a pain | 4. Java is more of a pain | ||
All the Java sources and installers etc etc -- they're iX86 only. | All the Java sources and installers etc etc -- they're iX86 only. | ||
[[Category : Architecture-Specific]] | [[Category : Architecture-Specific]] | ||
Revision as of 23:17, 21 February 2005
This is a stub article for different things to be aware of when installing or using FreeBSD on Sparc hardware.
1. Servers only, thanks. FreeBSD + Sparc = No GUI. See this link w/r/t 5.0; later versions of FreeBSD documentation do not mention it at all.
2. Sun keyboard and mouse? Throw them away! Toss 'em because you can't use 'em. Serial console installation only, please. See Sparc_-_Terminal_emulation
3. Booting can be problematic The OpenBoot Firmware: learn it, love it.
4. Java is more of a pain All the Java sources and installers etc etc -- they're iX86 only.
