Re: Debian Sparc 7.10.0 Install Problems

2016-06-09 Thread Alex McWhirter
Just curious, How "new" does a system have to be in order to meet these requirements. T-5 machines are probably not too hard to come by, but the starting price of a T-7 machine is around 40K USD IIRC. That doesn't count the M series of machines either which has quite a bit different

Re: [Stretch] Status for architecture qualification

2016-06-08 Thread Alex McWhirter
If it helps i have access to a decent amount of gear. E6K, V210, V215, M4000, T1000, T5120, Netra X1, Blade 150, and a V890. I've been working on the sparc64 port of Gentoo for quite a while. If there are issues that need addressed for Debian i'm willing to help out with the effort. Seems like

Re: rsync seem to be broken on sparc64

2016-06-28 Thread Alex McWhirter
/export/test is an entire debian minimal install made from debootstrap. I am not certain if this issue effects sun4v or not. What fs are you using ext4? I've found that it doesn't happen on btrfs for whatever reason. Do we have a debug kernel in the repository? Sent from my T-Mobile 4G

RE: Kernel panic 4.7.0-rc4-sparc64-smp on systemd-udevd

2016-07-01 Thread Alex McWhirter
At the silo boot prompt try typing "modprobe.blacklist=qla2xxx" then press enter. That will disable the on board fiber, but it may boot. Does the blade 1000 use fc-al disks? I dont remember it using them, but I know it has an fc-al connector on the back. Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE

Re: Kernel panic 4.7.0-rc4-sparc64-smp on systemd-udevd

2016-07-01 Thread Alex McWhirter
ian-sparc@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: Kernel panic 4.7.0-rc4-sparc64-smp on systemd-udevd On Fri, 2016-07-01 at 05:23 -0400, alexmcwhir...@triadic.us wrote: > On 2016-07-01 05:25, Frans van Berckel wrote: > > > > On Fri, 2016-07-01 at 04:43 -0400, Alex McWhirter wrote: > > >

Re: I have a Sun Fire T2000, but I'm not even sure if it's working or not.

2017-03-28 Thread Alex McWhirter
The net port has to be configured first via serial. You'll need a Cisco console cable to connect it to your computer correctly. You can use Putty on windows to connect via serial, Screen on Linux works as well.