Re: non-free firmware
On March 21, 2017 5:24:31 AM EDT, Frans van Berckel
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>> Maybe I should hook up a SCSI disk, but what I really want is an SSD.
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>Talking about hardware dated 2002. It's all about pci controllers and
>kernels drivers in this case, i think :-)
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>> This old post suggests you can use a SATA->SCSI bridge:
>> https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-sparc64/2011-
>> October/008055.html
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>Not even thinking about this solution. It's very expensive. Looking
>into storage, booting by network and NFS is more realistic.
Hi Frans
(OT) A small SSD is $120 here and is the difference between an almost usable machine and a museum piece. How much would that bridge be on ebay (assuming I could locate one)?
Cheers
Rick
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