Re: Linux on SPARC


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On Aug 10, 10:38 am, "philo" <ph...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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On Aug 9, 10:19 pm, "philo" <ph...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Just wondering if anyone here has set up Linux on a Sun Workstation

I have. Maybe try Gentoo/sparc. It has a handy "genkernel" kernel
building tool which does most of the work for you.

www.gentoo.org

Go tohttp://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml, and then look under
Gentoo 2008.0 Universal install CD for sparc64. There a lot of
compiling involved, so make sure you have enough memory and disk
space.

The handbook is at

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-sparc.xml

DMM

Heck, if I cannot get Slackware configured, I'd probably have even a
tougher
time with Gentoo :)

Is it one one these?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARCstation_5 <====== Yep this is the one
110mhz cpu , 224 megs of RAM and two, 2 gig HD's

of one of these?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_5

There is some information here, but it may not be up to date:

http://www.sun.com/software/linux/compatibility/ultralinux/

As far as BSD goes, you may have some good luck with OpenBSD.

DMM


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