On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 23:11:14 +0000 (+0000), Isaac Close wrote:
> hi all,
>
> This isn't the correct list, i know but imagine 12 x 64bit cpu's each with 8MB cache, to wash it down is 28GB ram. I have just bought one of these monstros but its dead on arrival, the seller offers a full refund, but i just want to put it to work.
>
> If you know some things about these old dawgs do let us know, it would really be nice to see with my own eyes a ``make -j3`` amongst other sparc joy moments.
(/me mutters about line wrapping)
Nothing specific. Usual policy with H/W problems applies:
- remove as much as you can
- leave the bare minimum (e.g. one cpu and two sticks of ram perhaps?)
- if that doesn't work, swap them with other cpus/memory
- if it does work, keep adding hardware until it breaks
SPARC hardware, so check the key isn't set to secure mode, I think
their monitors used to be a bit wierd too. 4500 is new enough that
probably doesn't apply.
Adrian
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