[lug] on a Sparc 5?

[Ferdinand Schmid]

While I haven't installed a Sparc 5 personally I have read many threads in 
newsgroups that report success.  I have installed RH 5.x on my Sparc Classic but 
haven't' tried any of the newer RH distros.
RH decided to quit supporting Sparc so I would also consider another distro. 
You could give SuSE a try, they support Sparc, (incl. Sparc64), PowerPC, 
Intel...  Or you can try Debian, which has the best hardware support of all - 
but it won't offer commercial support.

Here are some links that may help:
List of supported hardware for SuSE Linux (should be identical to RH): 
http://www.suse.de/en/produkte/susesoft/sparc/supported_platforms.html

Mailing list archives: http://www.suse.de/de/support/mailinglists/index.html

There seem to be less than a handful of Sparc users on this list so I would 
encourage you to search the google groups for an answer.

Hope this helps,
Ferdinand

Bill Jorgensen wrote:

> Matt James wrote:
> 
>>I am attempting to install Linux 6.2 on a Sun Sparc 5.
>> I downloaded the CD images and made the cd's.  Here
>>is what i get when I go to install.
>>
> 
> I know a little about Sun. I have never tried to install Linux on an
> sbus-based, RISK-based system before. (It has always been on a spare PC
> that no one wants to use.) A couple of things to note.
> 
> 1. Your cpu is not Intel-based. It is a Sparc chip that is RISC-based.
> 
> 2. All the devices on that Sun platform (sun4m) are SCSI not PCI.
> 
> Things to look for.
> 
> 1. Has anyone put Linux on a sbus-based, RISC-based Sun system?
> 
> 2. Would Linux have the SCSI and memory drivers to interface with Sun?
> 
> I do not know the answers, but given the expertise that I read here
> daily I am sure that someone can answer that. (My gut tells me no.)
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Bill
> 
> 



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