Re: Install Woes (3.7/sparc) - Spontaneous crashes

2005-08-08 Thread John Broome
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 J.C. Roberts wrote: On Sun, 7 Aug 2005 15:18:40 -0400, Jim Fron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 7, 2005, at 2:46 PM, J.C. Roberts wrote: Floppy drives and diskettes are notorious for failing in very strange and unusual ways. Check out the mild

Re: Install Woes (3.7/sparc) - Spontaneous crashes

2005-08-08 Thread Kevin
John Broome writes: I've used the iogear usb serial adapter with my powerbook, a sparcstation 5, minicom from darwinports and a null modem cable and it worked fine. One drawback to the IOGEAR is that (at least with the OSX driver), the serial dongle cannot transmit a break (STOP+A). I like

Install Woes (3.7/sparc) - Spontaneous crashes

2005-08-07 Thread Jim Fron
I'm attempting to install OBSD 3.7 sparc on a Sparcstation 20. I've been through installs numerous times on 20's, 2's, and an IPC using previous OBSD versions. Currently, I only have one install method -- floppy. I could conceivably set up a netboot install or wrangle a CDR drive if need

Re: Install Woes (3.7/sparc) - Spontaneous crashes

2005-08-07 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Sun, 7 Aug 2005 11:28:55 -0400, Jim Fron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm attempting to install OBSD 3.7 sparc on a Sparcstation 20. I've been through installs numerous times on 20's, 2's, and an IPC using previous OBSD versions. Currently, I only have one install method -- floppy. I could

Re: Install Woes (3.7/sparc) - Spontaneous crashes

2005-08-07 Thread Jim Fron
On Aug 7, 2005, at 2:46 PM, J.C. Roberts wrote: Floppy drives and diskettes are notorious for failing in very strange and unusual ways. Check out the mild but insightful message from Art on tech@ if you want to know the general consensus on floppies. That's good to know. Unfortunately, most

Re: Install Woes (3.7/sparc) - Spontaneous crashes

2005-08-07 Thread J.C. Roberts
On Sun, 7 Aug 2005 15:18:40 -0400, Jim Fron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 7, 2005, at 2:46 PM, J.C. Roberts wrote: Floppy drives and diskettes are notorious for failing in very strange and unusual ways. Check out the mild but insightful message from Art on tech@ if you want to know the

Re: Install Woes (3.7/sparc) - Spontaneous crashes

2005-08-07 Thread Nick Holland
Jim Fron wrote: I'm attempting to install OBSD 3.7 sparc on a Sparcstation 20. I've been through installs numerous times on 20's, 2's, and an IPC using previous OBSD versions. Currently, I only have one install method -- floppy. I could conceivably set up a netboot install or

Re: Install Woes (3.7/sparc) - Spontaneous crashes

2005-08-07 Thread Jim Fron
On Aug 7, 2005, at 4:23 PM, J.C. Roberts wrote:' At times I wonder if Apple not supporting serial is smart or dumb but I never seem to come to a conclusion... OT: I think it's dumb. But that's from the standpoint of someone who does more with computers than 95% of the population. I also

Sparc QFE repeatable crashes [was: Install Woes (3.7/sparc) - Spontaneous crashes]

2005-08-07 Thread Jim Fron
On Aug 7, 2005, at 4:42 PM, Nick Holland wrote: Your description sounds just like a memory problem, the more your install, the more memory the system uses. MAKEDEV uses a LOT of RAM. Well, I started by pulling out all the core, and swapping them in 2 at a time (2 @16Mb each). At first I