[lug] Linux on a Sun Blade 1000

[Walter Pienciak]

Hi,

I am looking to throw Linux onto an old Sun Blade 1000
(UltraSPARC III processors).  I tried booting from a CD with
ubuntu-9.10-server-sparc.iso, but got the "Fast MMU Miss" error
and the Openboot prompt.

Anyone running a decently modern distro on such hardware, or know
which distro might be best for maintaining support for that
platform?

Walter