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FreeBSD on Sun Ultra 1 Creator 3D

    
Wednesday, October 13 2004 @ 19:09 CEST
Contributed by: tingo
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ProjectsI have aquired a couple of Sun Ultra 1 Creator 3D machines, with keyboard and mouse. I will try to make at least one of them work, and install FreeBSD/sparc64 on it. Things i need:
  • a monitor adapter, from the Sun-monitor-type plug to "normal type" VGA (15 pin) connector
    • 13W3 to VGA adapter aquired; bought from a net shop.
  • disks with SCA 80-pins connector. Luckily, I already have a spud bracket.
    • Drive aquired. I found a 36GB SCA drive fairly cheap.


Links of interest:
John G. Burns Unix Page, OSIAH - Online Sun Information ArcHive
Sunstuff: Ultra 1 information
Sunsolve: Sun Systems Handbook, and OpenBoot[tm] PROM (OBP) Commands
FAQABOSS
Obsolyte How-To: Serial Console, OpenBoot FAQ, Sunhelp: Frame Buffer FAQ, Just The Facts papers (postscript), The Sun Shack, SunSparc.org (Links), Sparc How-To
Operating Systems: FreeBSD/sparc64, NetBSD/sparc64, OpenBSD/sparc64,
 
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FreeBSD 5.2.1 on Sparc64
Authored by: tingo on Wednesday, October 13 2004 @ 22:10 CEST
OSNews have the article FreeBSD 5.2.1 on Sparc64.
NetBSD 1.6.2 - installed
Authored by: tingo on Thursday, October 14 2004 @ 23:43 CEST
NetBSD 1.6.2 installed without problem on the Ultra 1, once I had replaced a defective CD-ROM drive and a bad hard drive. I haven't tried the network yet.
OpenBSD 3.5 - boots
Authored by: tingo on Thursday, October 14 2004 @ 23:59 CEST
The OpenBSD 3.5 install CD (cd45.iso) boots. No further testing done at this time.
FreeBSD 5.3-BETA7 installed
Authored by: tingo on Friday, October 15 2004 @ 02:27 CEST
FreeBSD 5.3-BETA7 installed and working. Note. this (and the other installs before this) was performed with a serial console. At this point, i can tell that disk and network works. Much of the rest haven't been tested (by me) yet.
upgraded to FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE
Authored by: tingo on Tuesday, November 16 2004 @ 11:07 CET
A source upgrade (using cvsup) and make world worked. The macjine now runs: 

tingo@ultra1$ uname -a
FreeBSD ultra1.kg4.no 5.3-STABLE FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #0: Fri Nov  5 11:19:39 CET 2004     root@ultra1.kg4.no:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ULTRA1E  sparc64
Creator 3D framebuffer
Authored by: tingo on Tuesday, November 16 2004 @ 11:11 CET
I have just tested the Creator 3D framebuffer in text mode (console) so far. With my cheapass Orion monitor it does NOT work, but with a real monitor, it works. Testing with X (XFree86 or X.org) remains.
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