[huskerlug] Re: Linux on SPARC

I thought I would follow up on this discussion.

I've decided to use Aurora Linux because I am more familiar with Redhat than any
other distro.  I have it installed on one machine right now that controls a
tape-backup robot.  It works like a charm!  All of the necessary software was
on the Aurora discs, and everything installed flawlessly.

The only thing that concerns me about this distro is staying up-to-date on
software patches.  There are some errata packages available from Aurora, but
last I checked, they weren't very up-to-date.

I'm thinking about setting up a sparc machine with a little more disk space (my
trial machine only has 1GB...just enough to get the system running with no X),
and whenever RH releases new RPMs, I'll grab the SRPMs and rebuild them for the
sparc.

--Ben Chavet


Quoting Jim Worrest <jworrest@xxxxxxxxx>:

>       It's whatever makes Ben happy.  SuSE would be the easiest to
> install, I assume they have a Yast to do it, on that distro,  Your
> more familiar with both.
>       Probably,  Debian will have the longest lasting support.  I think they
> had before anyone else and still support it.  I gave away a Sparc and
> a copy of  Redhat 5.2 for the Sparc.  I don't see where Redhat
> supports the machine anymore.  ---Jim
>
>
> On Friday 11 July 2003 19:11, you wrote:
> > I had trouble with networking in Suse 7.3 on a Ultra SPARC 1...works
> > = fine on
> > a SPARCstation 5, I'm using Aurora Linux now without any problem on
> > the = same
> > Ultra 1
> >
> > Gentoo I can only imagine how long that would take on my might
> > 70Mhz, = 110Mhz
> > and 143Mhz machines :)
> >
> > Mandrake Beta? Have to look into that one...
> >
> > One Problem I'm having with seems just a mater of Linux on SPARC is
> > Java support in web browser.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: huskerlug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =
> > [mailto:huskerlug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Jim Worrest
> > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 6:36 PM
> > To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [huskerlug] Re: Linux on SPARC
> >
> >
> >     Ben, I will point out that Debian appears to have a SPARC distro,
> > and Mandrake a beta one.   If you're more familiar with how those=20
> > behave,  it could make it easier for you.  I guess Sparc computers
> > are=20 a little crankier get working than the typical pc.  ---Jim
> >
> > On Friday 11 July 2003 02:56, you wrote:
> > > I'll probably start with SuSE 7.3 because it looks like it's
> > > the=20 easiest one to install.
> > >
> > > Does anybody know why the big distros dropped sparc support?  I
> > > wonder =
> > >
> > > how much extra work it was for them to port everything...
> > >
> > > --Ben Chavet
> > >
> > > Quoting Jim Worrest <jworrest@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > > >         Someone brought up this awhile ago and did come up with a=20
> > > > distribution different from SuSE 7.3.  I use this distro on my
> > > > IBMs=20 and it usually works very well, and there is still
> > > > support for it. =20 ---Jim
> > > >
> > > > On Thursday 10 July 2003 23:44, you wrote:
> > > > > We have a bunch of old Sun machines where I work and I'm=20
> > > > > interested in putting linux on them.  For some of the machines
> > > > > it=20 will mean bringing
> > > >
> > > > them
> > > >
> > > > > back from the dead, for others it will be a migration from=20
> > > > > Solaris.  Most of these machines are workstations in our
> > > > > computer=20 lab which nobody really uses, which is why I'm
> > > > > interested in=20 introducing something new.  It might sparc
> > > > > some new interest in=20 these machines (pun half-way intended
> > > > > :)
> > > > >
> > > > > Looking around, it seems that most of the major distros
> > > > > have=20 dropped SPARC support quite a while ago.  Does anybody
> > > > > have any=20 suggestions as to which distro would work best.
> > > > > I'd like to have=20 a package-based distro of some sort just
> > > > > to make software=20 installation a bit easier.  Although I
> > > > > realize that most projects=20 don't package for SPARC anyway,
> > > > > so I'd be willing to play around=20 with a source-based
> > > > > distro.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any tips or suggestions would be much appreciated.
> > > > >
> > > > > --Ben Chavet
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