Fw: BBK-S4 and Solaris 2.6

From: Ram Meenakshisundaram <rmeenaks_at_olf.com>
Date: Mon Dec 11 08:37:00 2000

Apparently, this didnt make it here :-(

Ram

----- Original Message -----
From: <rmeenaks_at_olf.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer,comp.os.parix
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 9:14 AM
Subject: HELP: BBK-S4 and Solaris 2.6


> Hi,
>
> I am trying to get a BBK-S4 SBus-based transputer card working on a SUN
> IPX workstation running Solaris 2.6. I have the Basic Transputer
> Support Software (BTSS 3.1) which has support for Solaris. However, I
> do not have any documentation. The BTSS requires the creation
> of "/dev/sbus?" in order for it to communicate with the transputer. I
> do not have any /dev/sbus[0-3] devices on my system. I tried to
> symbolically link one of the sbus psuedo devices that is found
> in /devices to /dev/sbus[0-3], but that doesnt seem to work. How do
> you create the /dev/sbus[0-3] devices? I am trying to get Parix 1.2
> running on a T8-based Xplorer. This is the 1st step in many to come to
> get this system up and running. Any help is much appreciated...
>
> Oh, before anyone asks, I booted using "boot -r" to reconfigure the
> system, but that didnt work either...
>
> Ram
>
>
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Received on Mon Dec 11 2000 - 08:37:00 GMT

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