[indiana-discuss] Anyone using Tranquil PC BBS2 w/OpenSolaris ? (rge Realtek driver issue ?)

[Dominic Cleal]

On Sunday 22 March 2009 18:57:11 you wrote:
> Apparently, OpenSolaris runs mostly OK with this :
> http://m0dlx.com/blog/Tranquil_PC_BBS2_for_a_home_NAS__part_1__unpacking.ht
>ml
>
> Beside a RealTek driver regression
> http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6807184
>
> Any other experience from Sunners ?  Any information on the rge
> Realtek driver bug mentioned above ?

The rge problem has been a bit of a killer for me (see part 4 of the above 
blog) as the server disappears for up to five minutes at a time when it 
occurs.  I haven't managed to reproduce this at 100Mbps though.

> PS : I know I can assemble something similar doing some shopping @
> Frys or CircuitCity, but I have nothing even close to these at less
> than 200 km from home ;-)

There have been a couple of Sun guys who've put together systems with the same 
motherboard (Intel D945GCLF2):

http://blogs.sun.com/mebius/entry/diy_home_nas_box_with2
http://blogs.sun.com/pfuetz/entry/eco_responsible_small_home_server

Cheers,

-- 
Dominic Cleal
dominic at computerkb.co.uk