> Supported Hardware
Tribblix will run on a wide variety of x86 and SPARC systems. Here are some system models that are known to work, and notes for some that don't.
Known x86 systems
The following desktop models are known to work well, including a graphical desktop without extra configuration (all these have been used to build and develop Tribblix, and as my daily driver):
- Dell Optiplex 755, Core 2 Duo
- Dell Optiplex 7010, i7-3770
- Dell Optiplex 9020, i7-4790
- Dell Optiplex 5050, i7-7700
Virtualization
Tribblix ought to work under bhyve (illumos or FreeBSD), VirtualBox, and KVM.
If you're using nvmm (NetBSD, maybe DragonFlyBSD), then adding
"-no-acpi -smp 1" may be necessary.
Under VMware workstation, the pvscsi driver isn't present
by default, but when the ISO is booted into the installer, a
zap install TRIBdrv-storage-pvscsi will add it, and you should
then be able to see the disk and install to it.
No success has yet been reported with XCP-ng.
Workarounds
If your network card doesn't work, then it's possible in theory to pass the device through to a bhyve guest and get that to handle the networking. See this example of getting it to work.
Known sparc systems
Consult the SPARC hardware compatibility list.