On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 15:50 -0700, Edward Martinez wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I'm brand new to the Sparc world. I've just > > purchased a Sun Blade 2500 on eBay, and have a > > feeling that even though I plan to resell it at a > > profit, I'll end up falling in love with the darned > > thing and keeping it. > > > > I've checked the HCL for opensolaris, and obviously > > the machine is supported. What I really want to know > > is, will a newbie like me find help in these forums > > for issues related to the hardware? I feel like > > there may be some old pros in here who could really > > school an X86 guy who might have the occasional > > question about "real" computers. > > > > I look forward to a steep and fulfilling learning > > curve, and this forum I hope will be a great resource. > > > Hello, > > want to mention that x86 hardware don't work on SPARC units > if you need spare parts this may help > http://www.anysystem.com/sun-blade-2500--silver---a39-.html
Most importantly, no x86 graphics card will work in the SB2500. Mechanically, yes, but they lack the OpenBoot PROM support. Also, with the removal of the Xsun driver from OpenSolaris, there are no drivers for most SPARC graphics cards. Graphics on SPARC is hard under OpenSolaris. :-( -- Erik Trimble Java System Support Mailstop: usca22-317 Phone: x67195 Santa Clara, CA Timezone: US/Pacific (GMT-0800) _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
