From: Alvaro Figueroa <fede2@fuerzag.ulatina.ac.cr> Date: 19 Feb 2002 16:38:25 -0600 Message-Id: <1014158305.4607.22.camel@lucy> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Help with installing SuSE 7.3 on a Sun Blade 100
> > > >I guest that the freeze problem, is realted to the DMA issue. Use hdparm
> > > >to let the hard drive and the CD not to use DMA.
>
> Hi.. and what should be the parameter to set it up ? and how...
# hdparm -d0 /dev/hdb
> > > >I also tried to install a blade 100 with SuSE, and I had some other
> > > >issues. Yast2 doesn't get X up properly, so you would have to use the
> > > >yast2 text interface[1].
I must correct myself. I've just saw a blade 100 running the X installer
;)
> yikes... what I want to do is to setup a dual boot because I have also a
> SunPCI II Pro that doesn't have any drivers or software to be run on
> Linux.. so I can't leave the solaris at 100% because of that..
>
> Is there any one that know if the drivers exist for the Sun PCI under Linux ?
I plan to start making driver for the SunPCi in about a month of so. I'm
still reading some docs about kernel programing so I don't blew it up
;).
I don't know if any SuSE users are interested in having support for the
SunPCi and want to help out.
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