NetBSD/distrib/notes/sun3/hardware

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.\" $NetBSD: hardware,v 1.6 1999/05/19 05:49:06 gwr Exp $
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NetBSD/sun3 \*V runs on most Sun3 machines, including:
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. It 3/260 Ta 3/280 Ta 3/E
. It 3/80 Ta 3/470
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Note that NetBSD/sun3 now includes support for "Sun3X" machines,
which used to be supported with a separate distribution.
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The minimal configuration requires 4M of RAM and about 80MB of disk
space. To install the entire system requires much more disk space
(approx. 100MB additional space is necessary for full sources).
To run X or compile the system, more RAM is recommended. Good
performance requires 8MB of RAM, or 16 MB when running the
X Window System.
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Here is a table of recommended HD partition sizes for a full install:
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. It Partition Ta Advised Ta With\ X Ta Needed Ta With\ X
. It root\ (/) Ta 20M Ta 20M Ta 15M Ta 15M
. It user\ (/usr) Ta 95M Ta 125M Ta 75M Ta 105M
. It swap Ta ram*2\ \&...
. It local\ (/usr/local) Ta up\ to\ you\ \&...
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As you may note, the recommended size of /usr is 20M greater than
needed. This is to leave room for a kernel source and compile tree as
you will probably want to compile your own kernel. (GENERIC is large
and bulky to accommodate all people).
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Note that the sun3 installation procedure uses a `miniroot' image
which is placed into the swap area of the disk. The swap partition
must be at least as large as the miniroot image (10MB).
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The following Sun3 hardware is supported:
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. It Em Serial ports (RS232):
built-in ttya, ttyb
. It Em Video adapters:
bwtwo, cgtwo, cgfour
. It Em Network interfaces:
On-board Lance Ethernet
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On-board or VME Intel Ethernet
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Sun3/E SCSI/Ethernet board
. It Em SCSI: (Most SCSI disks, tapes, CD-ROMs, etc.)
On-board "esp" (Sun3/80 SCSI)
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On-board "si" (SCSI-3)
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VME "si" (SCSI-3) board
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Sun3/E SCSI/Ethernet board
. It Em SMD Disks: (the big, heavy ones 8^)
Xylogics 450/451
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Xylogics 753/7053
. It Em Input devices:
Sun keyboard and mouse
. It Em Miscellaneous:
Battery-backed real-time clock.
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On-board floppy controller (Sun3/80 floppy)
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If it's not on this list, there is no support for it in this release.