[OpenIndiana-discuss] Preliminary Download link: Illumos based MartUX_OpenIndiana_Edition for SPARC LiveDVD (without installer)

Fri Sep 28 14:45:36 UTC 2012

hmmmm.....   When I do X11go.sh I get the usb keyboard selection hit 
enter and then it pops back to #.

Gonna swap the xvr1200 for the 100 and see if that helps....

On 09/28/12 10:05 AM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote:
> I downloaded it yesterday - I *LOVE* working in a datacenter and being on
> the backbone directly! I frequently hit 40Mbit download rates! Took less
> than 10 minutes!
>
> I will be installing it over the weekend on my SB2500 Red, in case the
> original DVD-ROM didn't work, I ordered a MSI DVD+/-RW drive from Newegg,
> should get it next week.
>
> Excited about the opportunity to use that workstation, finally! Wonder if
> it'll be good for arcade gaming, or any other type of emulators... :)
>
> There is a full gcc environment available, correct? How large are the IPS
> package repos so far, Martin? If I could get a howto on building packages
> for IPS, I might be willing to help compile some software and publish it. :)
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 8:25 AM, ken mays <maybird1776 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I wrote up a basic wiki page here to make things a bit easier to find:
>>
>> http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/MartUX_OpenIndiana+oi_151a+SPARC+LiveDVD
>>
>> ~ Ken Mays
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>   From: Martin Bochnig <martin at martux.org>
>> To: developer at lists.illumos.org; Discussion list for OpenIndiana <
>> openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org>
>> Cc: Al Hopper <al at logical-approach.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:44 PM
>> Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Preliminary Download link: Illumos based
>> MartUX_OpenIndiana_Edition for SPARC LiveDVD (without installer)
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>>
>> Here is a mail from Al Hopper, well-known from genunix.org, who once
>> again arranged the hosting.
>> It is unbelievable how much effort and money he puts in supporting
>> community projects like this.
>> Other classic OpenSolaris distros who know him from genunix.org times
>> know this, too.
>>
>>
>> So:
>>
>> Let us THANK AL HOPPER!!!
>>
>>
>>
>> Here the preliminary links:
>>
>>
>>
>> ##########################################################################################
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>> ##########################################################################################
>> do a:
>>
>> wget
>> dist.martux.org/MartUX-OpenIndiana_Edition-151a0-LiveDVD__sun4u_sun4v.iso
>> wget
>> dist.martux.org/MartUX-OpenIndiana_Edition-151a0-LiveDVD__sun4u_sun4v.iso__MD5SUM
>>
>>
>> ##########################################################################################
>>
>> ##########################################################################################
>>
>>
>> Remember that the first download may be a little slow - since the
>> cloudfront (edge) server may be fetching the content while providing
>> the download.
>> But subsequent downloads should be pretty quick.
>>
>> BTW: this is production ready - so if you know someone that wants an
>> advance copy of MartUX, you can provide them the link.
>>
>>
>> Burn the DVD with cdrecord.
>> It is the best DVD burning software and handles error conditions
>> better than everything else.
>>
>> After you boot the DVD, log in as root.
>> Password: openindiana
>>
>> Then type X11go.sh to start JDS.
>> Depending on CPU speed and I/O bandwith of the bus your DVD-Drive is
>> connected to, the first start of JDS will take foreeeeever.
>> At least 5 minutes, but on poorer machines with broken cmd646 ide
>> chips (U5/U10) or slow CPU speed (below 1GHz), it can take a lot
>> longer.
>> Subsequent restarts of openXsun and JDS are as quick as a spaceshuttle
>> (if you for some reason want to return to text mode, close the login
>> xterm, to restart type X11go.sh again).
>>
>> System requirements:
>>
>> Any sun4u or sun4v system from 1995 (Ultra-1) to 2010 (T5440).
>> 512MB is the real hardlimit to get a text-login with warning.
>> But normally 768MB is the minimum for either text or X11.
>>
>> ##### BUGS: #####
>>
>> 0.)  /usr/sfw/bin/gcc has been built w/o multilib support (you cannot
>> compile OS/Net with this version).
>> gcc 3 needed to be configured with --disable-multilib in order to
>> build at all on SPARC, only the famous SUNW csl-sol210-3_4-20050802
>> patches seem to work around this, but this comes later.
>> If you want to build Illumos, then there is still Studio 12.1 in
>> /opt/SUNWspro.
>> Disable shadow-compilation. No extra step is required to define Sun's
>> cc as primary compiler.
>> gcc 4.4 in /usr/gcc/4.4 is also present, but after a few build errors
>> and the fact that I didn't yet test it, I don't know if it works,
>> probably not.
>>
>> 1.) The SunBlade 2500 Red and Silver have different IDE DVD-ROM drive
>> models, than most or all other machines.
>> These are damn picky! You may get media read errors with DVD+R media
>> and SMF mumps out.
>> If this happens, either burn with x1 or try different media or best:
>> Replace that picky DVD-ROM with one of the last IDE DVD-Multiformat
>> burners that you get on eBay for 5$.
>>
>>
>> 2.) Man other smaller bugs, but lets not count them.
>>
>>
>> More screenshots and the actual html content and videos come later,
>> probably tomorrow or on Sunday.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> <<MartUX__SunBlade150__550MHz__OBP4.17.1__2GB__addon_PCI_PGX64____1024x683pixels.JPG
>> (image/jpeg) 97K>>
>>
>> <<MartUX__SunBlade1500Silver__1503MHz__OBP4.16.4__3GB__XVR-600____1024x683pixels.JPG
>> (image/jpeg) 96K>>
>> <<martux-logo.png (image/png) 132K>>
>> <<IMG_3512.JPG (image/jpeg) 143K>>
>> <<IMG_3546.JPG (image/jpeg) 123K>>
>> <<MartUX__etc_release____1024x683pixels.JPG (image/jpeg) 94K>>
>> <<IMG_3517.JPG (image/jpeg) 136K>>
>> <<IMG_3549.JPG (image/jpeg) 170K>>
>> <<IMG_3556.JPG (image/jpeg) 115K>>
>> <<IMG_3552.JPG (image/jpeg) 89K>>
>>
>> <<MartUX__Sun_Ultra60__Dual450MHz__OBP3.23__2GB__Raptor8p__running_JDS_on_openXsun____1024x683pixels.JPG
>> (image/jpeg) 91K>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Happy booting   ;-)
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>     %martin bochnig
>>        https://twitter.com/MartinBochnig
>>
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