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SPARC (from Scalable PRocessor ARChitecture) is a RISC CPU architecture developed by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle).

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I am trying to run solaris 10 OS on qemu-sparc64 emulator with command: qemu-system-sparc64 -M sun4u -m 3048 -drive file=sparc.qcow2,format=qcow2,bus=0,unit=0,media=disk -cdrom sol-10-u11-ga-sparc-...
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I am compiling the Linux kernel for SPARC64 [with LLVM] and I'd like to not compile the vDSO code. I removed all the vDSO-related arguments in arch/sparc/Makefile, arch/sparc/Kbuild and arch/sparc/...
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I recently installed OpenBSD on my sparc64 workstation and I wanted to use fluxbox for my desktop environment. When I install it and try to start it it gives a error saying "couldn't connect to ...
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I just installed OpenBSD on a sparc64 based pc but when I try to do pkg_add -v firefox it says can't find firefox. I also tried installing nano, which installed fine, so why can't it find firefox.
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I want to boot Solaris8 SPARC version by Qemu. $ qemu-system-sparc64 -boot d -cdrom SOL_8_204_SPARC.iso -net nic -net user -m 2048 But it shows this error: OpenBIOS for Sparc64 Configuration device ...
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I've got a Solaris 10 system on SPARC hosting multiple Linux guest LDoms which were installed on ZFS zvols. After resizing the zvol though, the Linux doesn't "detect" that disk resized, and from what ...
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I'm currently trying to install PCP on Debian with sparc64. Unfortunately it requires the package libreadline6 (>= 6.0) which doesn't have an apt package for sparc64. libreadline7 does and is ...
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I have application compiled on server with Solaris 8 and CPU UltraSPARC-III+ x64b and need replace it (due to server end of life) to another new machine with CPU INTEL 64b , its may be same OS or ...
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Here at work our machines are required to run off of old Sun Sparc5's (1995) all running a UFS architecture on the hard drives due to a Solaris 5.3ish base. The way they are configured it is not ...
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I'm trying to use the Debian install media rescue mode on a Sun Ultra 10 so that I can use the shell to investigate an old SCSI disk I have. It seems that the last version of Debian where a SPARC ...
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We have solaris zones running in Sparc T5 server Currently a solaris zone run Solaris 10 OS version. $uname -a SunOS zone01 5.10 Generic_150400-30 sun4v sparc sun4v Going further, we would like ...
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Trying to get a driver (one of ours) working on Solaris 10 / 11 (this box happens to be Sol 10), with dev studio 12.3. It seems to be built, however, it crashes when loading, thanks to a NULL pointer ...
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I am running Solaris 7 on qemu-sparc with lance ethernet card. In case with Linux starting dhcpcd is enough to get the Internet access. OK, I created /etc/dhcp.le0, network interface is up, but "ping ...
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I am mirroring a zfs rpool for a whole root zone to move from one storage array to another. I have mirrored the disk, but do I need to install a boot block on the new disk?
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I have Solaris 8 OS installed in French. I have a computer with Solaris 8 OS and French language installed. This computer isn't in my office; to access it I use Exceed. I have to switch the installed ...
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