Re: Wikipedia sparc 32 support.
"Chris Andrew" <[email protected]> Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:14:20 +0100
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Is it still available for download? Does it get security updates? On 24/07/07, Torbjørn Heltne <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jima wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Jul 2007, Chris Andrew wrote: > >> BTW, has anybody managed to get Aurora to install on an SS20, with 2 > >> processors? If so, can you point me to the ISO you used. > > > > SS20? Maybe. With SMP? Good luck. Due to compatibility issues > between > > sparc32 SMP and 2.6 kernels, it hasn't really been supported since > Aurora > > 1.0 (which had a 2.4 kernel). > > It has to be said that I had Aurora 1.0 running flawlessly on my SS20 > (SMP) for a looong time. IIRC, there were some issues with Samba in the > early days, but they were solved along the way. Unfortunately I had a > HDD failure in the SS20 (after a power outage) and that combined with > having a U1 handed to me resulted in a SS20 that is sitting cold and > quiet on a shelf these days. > > It depends on what you want to use the SS20 for. Maybe Aurora 1.0 is > just what you need..? > > -- > Torbjørn Heltne > _______________________________________________ > Aurora-sparc-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.auroralinux.org/mailman/listinfo/aurora-sparc-user > Aurora FAQ: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~mas01r/aurorafaq.html > _______________________________________________ Aurora-sparc-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.auroralinux.org/mailman/listinfo/aurora-sparc-user Aurora FAQ: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~mas01r/aurorafaq.html