On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 04:31:38PM -0700, Cory Petkovsek wrote: > I did some research on sun's site and on ebay. Based on ebay availability, I'm > thinking of an ultra 5 or 10. These systems look like they come standard with > 10/100 and a 24-bit capable video card that also has a db-15 connector. Do you > still recommend a creator 3d or will any on board 24-bit card do (like a PX24).
It will work just fine. > These systems support scsi or ide. Can I plug a regular scsi/ide drive in to > it and expect it to work as it should? Any problem with a 200gb western > digital ide drive plugged in to one of those? Can I plug any pci card in > a pci slot and expect it to work? I probably only need an OS driver, right? Well, like mot computers, the bios needs to recognize your pci card. So in the OpenBootProm (OBP aka Sun's bios) probe-pci will scan you pci bus. If the OBP detects your western digital ide drive, then you should be able to boot from it. Dunno if 200Gb is a problem or not. Have a look at http://www.ultralinux.org/ for detailed info. > On intel, I've experienced the difference between pentium, p2, p3, as well as > p2-400 vs p3-400, etc. What are the relationships between an Ultrasparc-II > (U2), Ultrasparc-IIi (u5/10). How about ultrasparc-II 300 vs IIi 300? How > about a ultra 2x300 vs an ultra10 333 or even 440mhz? Well, a SMP box would be able to process more than a UP since it has two cpu. Your not going to see much difference with 333mhz to 440mhz. Keep in mind these are 3 - 5 year old computers. If it were I buying a Sun, i wouldn't buy a U5 or U10 as they are similar to an x86 box which are better. U1 or U2 are scsi based and have good I/O. An U30 tends to have a few higher end parts, like a Creator 3D video card then U10s. Hope this helps, Jack Morgan Gentoo/Sparc _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
