[geeks] She-it! (Ultra 20 arrived ;^)

Tue Sep 13 20:40:38 CDT 2005

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 08:04:26PM -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> > booting - the X86 boot process is absurd - is there a real good reason it 
> > is so unlike SPARC-based systems?
> 
> Current "Express" releases of Sol10 use GRUB instead of the legacy Solx86
> junk.  The reason its unlike SPARC is that PCs dont have OpenBoot firmware. 8-(
> 
> I'm envying all you folks that got one.  I cant afford it..
> 
> Bill

Neither can I.  But that's because I just bought an HP ZV6000.  My son
dumped a glass of iced tea into my old Dell and the "turn-on" circuit
fried. :(

Bob 
> 
> -- 
> Bill Bradford 
> K5WCB Houston, TX
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