Re: Is there a way to use Linux on the E450 ?

In article <slrnegi4s7.deo.avenger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Andre van Eyssen <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 2006-09-13, Huge <Huge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Story of my life, that.

No kidding. Now I'm looking for an 880 and I doubt I'll find one
before they're so old I won't have a use for it. I really do like
the SPARC architecture and I'm happy to spend a few more watts than
an Opteron would consume.

Besides, I find that Sun boxes like the aforementioned E450 might
not have the CPU grunt of other processors but they seem to behave
better, and have more better I/O performance than a lot of the toy boxes
of a similar CPU power. That might just be perception though, or a
deep-seated disdain for the whole x86 thing, starting with that whole
"BIOS" thing and moving through every half-arsed design decision all the
way to the Windows-specific hardware hacks.

I'm curious. I keep hearing how limited (bad?) the PC BIOS is. While I
know it is more limited than OBP I have to wonder just how much of a
benefit the added functionality is. Not sure about everyone else but I
would say that my exposure to the OBP/BIOS is limited to essentially
starting the OS. With that said what are others doing where the benefit
of a more advanced firmware is advantageous?

Josh
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