By chance, has there been any progress on a 5.0 version for an Ultra Sparc? -- Best regards, Chris Registerd Linux user number 448639
Chris wrote:> By chance, has there been any progress on a 5.0 version for an Ultra > Sparc? >why not run solaris on a sparc? its a very _very_ good server kernel. opensolaris and solaris express are getting increasingly better at the user friendly thing. otherwise, why run a sparc at all ?!?
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. On 7/7/07, Chris <racerx at makeworld.com> wrote:> By chance, has there been any progress on a 5.0 version for an Ultra > Sparc? > > -- > Best regards, > Chris > Registerd Linux user number 448639 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >-- Adam Breaux breauxaj at gmail.com
On 7/7/07, Chris <racerx at makeworld.com> wrote:> By chance, has there been any progress on a 5.0 version for an Ultra > Sparc? >At this point, I do not know of any effort towards a Sparc version. The problems in getting usable documentation and determined developers. I would probably look at Debian for your best support chances... they hopefully have enough interested developers towards that platform. I dealt with Sparc a while back... and while it is a beauty in someways.. the various models and chipsets are more propietary than an iPhone. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"