Akemi Yagi wrote:
On 7/9/07, Adam Breaux <breauxaj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 7/7/07, Chris <racerx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> By chance, has there been any progress on a 5.0 version for an Ultra
> Sparc?
Debian 4 supports sparc well, has done so for a long time...biggest
problem is having to netboot the installer, since most sparc boxes
won't get past the initial loader stages booting the kernel, it's some
known SILO issue thats been going on for a while. Most distro's seems
to falter after an initial release on sparc...and quickly drop the
platform.
aurora sparc linux seems to be still actively developed. I used it a
few years ago and it wasn't bad at all.
Every time I feel like I have the time/energy to install Linux on an old
Sparc box, I consider how much energy they use and how (relative to a
modern PC) slow they now seem. Pretty amazing when you consider that
the E450 that you'd now use to hold down paper once cost more than a
luxury car. :)
Best,
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