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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!bcarh189.bnr.ca!crchh327.rich.bnr.ca!wrumbley From: wrumbley@bnr.ca (William Rumbley) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison) Date: 12 Jan 1996 14:15:48 GMT Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd. Lines: 33 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4d5qek$p5v@crchh327.rich.bnr.ca> References: <4cmopu$d35@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <cnordin.821050414@news.vni.net> <4crliv$smk@olympus.nwnet.net> <4cuums$bi1@helena.MT.net> <4d4153$437@durban.vector.co.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: crchh627.rich.bnr.ca Originator: wrumbley@crchh627 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1919 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2064 comp.unix.solaris:57063 comp.unix.aix:68576 In article <4d4153$437@durban.vector.co.za>, gavin@durban.vector.co.za (Gavin Maltby) writes: |> Hi, |> |> Nate Williams (nate@trout.sri.MT.net) wrote: [snip complaint about 2wks to get SCSI working in a PC] |> |> : You'll have the same problem with PC unices as you do with SUN/DEC/SGI |> : workstations. How do I stick one in my Sparc 10, I've avoided doing it |> : simply because it's a pain? (BTW - I know how, it's almost *exactly* |> : the same procedure as doing it under any of the BSD's) |> |> Ummm...Sun/Solaris 2: plug it into an SBus slot (switch off first!); |> then 'boot -r' from the boot monitor after connecting devices to it; |> now use it. I've got workstations with 5 controllers and servers |> with several more. Never once deviated from this strategy. |> |> Gavin |> |> -- |> . |> /| The |> / | Vector [E: signature overrun] Ummm... The exact same procedure works for Solaris/x86, ... except the part about the SBus slot. Try PCI or whatever. Just make sure the device is listed on the hardware compat. list (hcl). -- wrumbley@bnr.ca | Any opinions expressed are my own. Bell-Northern Research | '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Richardson, TX 75083-3871 | There is a spirit in man.