From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <31aad20180d266d0e908476bf6157498@vitanuova.com> From: C H Forsyth To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] fileserver hardware question (Sun) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-mdvlzduetnluiwohzjrlxsvikl" Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:19:12 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: e57ccbea-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-mdvlzduetnluiwohzjrlxsvikl Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit you'll have your work cut out: the current version of the system has not (to my knowledge) been ported to a Sun, and the older versions didn't run on an Ultra. in short, i think you'd need to do the port! it might be a good introduction to many aspects of the system, but it is probably more than you were seeking! --upas-mdvlzduetnluiwohzjrlxsvikl Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu> Received: from punt-2.mail.demon.net by mailstore for forsyth@vitanuova.com id 1031307000:20:28438:33; Fri, 06 Sep 2002 10:10:00 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by punt-2.mail.demon.net id aa2102382; 6 Sep 2002 10:09 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.16.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 220EA199EE; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 06:09:06 -0400 (EDT) Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: from mercury.bath.ac.uk (mercury.bath.ac.uk [138.38.32.81]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 1A3CC199B9 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Fri, 6 Sep 2002 06:08:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from news by mercury.bath.ac.uk with local (Exim 3.12 #1) id 17nFtG-0002GR-00 for 9fans@cse.psu.edu; Fri, 06 Sep 2002 10:59:02 +0100 Received: from GATEWAY by bath.ac.uk with netnews for 9fans@cse.psu.edu (9fans@cse.psu.edu) To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: Robby Message-ID: Organization: Unorganised Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [9fans] fileserver hardware question (Sun) Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 09:58:06 GMT Hi, I'm planning to set up a network at home and was wondering if it is easy to set up a Sun server as a Plan 9 file server machine? The specs are: Sun E150 167MHz Ultra 1 processor, 512KB Cache 256MB RAM (all Sun) 1 x Builtin 10BaseT ethernet 2 x Sun SWIFT 10-100BaseT ethernet/Fast Wide SCSI-2 SBus card 1 x Sun 2GB 7200rpm UltraScsi system disk and some Sun 4GB 7200rpm UltraScsi internal disks Since I've never seriously played with a Sun box, I'm slightly wary of just jumping in. Thanks for any insight, Robby --upas-mdvlzduetnluiwohzjrlxsvikl--