Re: Aurora still going?
"Gatling, Paul" <[email protected]> Fri, 3 Apr 2009 14:31:30 -0700
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--===============5144944991889541651== Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_B78ED8A4B2D26E409A1DABDDBB08982A200F2268B3NXPRDVSMBX17g_" --_000_B78ED8A4B2D26E409A1DABDDBB08982A200F2268B3NXPRDVSMBX17g_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Good luck with that V880. Last I checked that processor wasn't supported i= n Linux. I got OpenBSD to install on it and I heard of Gentoo working, but= not for me. ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:aurora-sparc-= [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 3:26 PM To: Aurora user discussion Subject: Re: [Aurora-sparc-user] Aurora still going? Cheers for that. I'll download the fedora iso and install it one of our bla= des next week and let you guys know how I get on. I'm hoping to try to clu= ster the workstations and server for staff here to use. Nobody seems to wan= t to use Solaris! In the blades I have XVR-100 and XVR-500 graphics card = and in the v880 we have a XVR-1200. I'm not holding out that they'll work b= ut I'll test them all anyway. cheers, will ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom \"spot\" Callaway" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, April 3, 2009 4:16 pm Subject: Re: [Aurora-sparc-user] Aurora still going? To: Aurora user discussion <[email protected]> > On 04/03/2009 09:23 AM, Will Dowling wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Just wondering if Aurora Linux is still in development? I have > several> Blade 2500 workstations and a Sun Fire v880z server. I > managed to > > installed Ubuntu onto the workstations after problems with > Gentoo and > > Debian. Just found this distro and wondering how well > developed it is? > > If you guys need testers I could lend a hand with the blade > 2500 and v880. > > We're in the process of migrating into Fedora SPARC. Slow, but steady > progress. We have a half-working Fedora 9 Beta ISO here: > > http://secondary.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora- > secondary/releases/test/9-Beta/Fedora/sparc/iso/ > > Hardware detection is... poor at best. X almost certainly > doesn't work > for most systems. > > We're working on it though. :) > > ~spot > _______________________________________________ > 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 --_000_B78ED8A4B2D26E409A1DABDDBB08982A200F2268B3NXPRDVSMBX17g_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.5726" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><SPAN class=3D171203021-03042009><FONT face=3DA= rial=20 color=3D#0000ff size=3D2>Good luck with that V880. Last I checked tha= t=20 processor wasn't supported in Linux. I got OpenBSD to install on it a= nd I=20 heard of Gentoo working, but not for me.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader lang=3Den-us dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft> <HR tabIndex=3D-1> <FONT face=3DTahoma size=3D2><B>From:</B>=20 [email protected]=20 [mailto:[email protected]] <B>On Behalf Of=20 </B>[email protected]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 03, 2009 3:26=20 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Aurora user discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:=20 [Aurora-sparc-user] Aurora still going?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV><BR>Cheers for that. I'll download the fedora iso and install it= one=20 of our blades next week and let you guys know how I get on. I'm hoping to t= ry=20 to cluster the workstations and server for staff here to use. Nobody = seems=20 to want to use Solaris! In the blades I have XVR-100 and XVR-500 grap= hics=20 card and in the v880 we have a XVR-1200. I'm not holding out that the= y'll=20 work but I'll test them all anyway.<BR><BR>cheers,<BR>will<BR><BR>----- Ori= ginal=20 Message -----<BR>From: "Tom \"spot\" Callaway"=20 <[email protected]><BR>Date: Friday, April 3, 2009 4:16 pm<BR>Subje= ct:=20 Re: [Aurora-sparc-user] Aurora still going?<BR>To: Aurora user discussion=20 <[email protected]><BR><BR>> On 04/03/2009 0= 9:23=20 AM, Will Dowling wrote:<BR>> > <BR>> > Hi,<BR>> > Just=20 wondering if Aurora Linux is still in development? I have <BR>> several&= gt;=20 Blade 2500 workstations and a Sun Fire v880z server. I <BR>> managed=20 to<BR>> > installed Ubuntu onto the workstations after problems with= =20 <BR>> Gentoo and<BR>> > Debian. Just found this distro and wonderi= ng=20 how well <BR>> developed it is?<BR>> > If you guys need testers I = could=20 lend a hand with the blade <BR>> 2500 and v880.<BR>> <BR>> We're i= n the=20 process of migrating into Fedora SPARC. Slow, but steady<BR>> progress. = We=20 have a half-working Fedora 9 Beta ISO here:<BR>> <BR>>=20 http://secondary.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-<BR>>=20 secondary/releases/test/9-Beta/Fedora/sparc/iso/<BR>> <BR>> Hardware= =20 detection is... poor at best. X almost certainly <BR>> doesn't work<BR>&= gt;=20 for most systems.<BR>> <BR>> We're working on it though. :)<BR>>=20 <BR>> ~spot<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>&= gt;=20 Aurora-sparc-user mailing list<BR>>=20 [email protected]<BR>>=20 http://lists.auroralinux.org/mailman/listinfo/aurora-sparc-user<BR>> Aur= ora=20 FAQ: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~mas01r/aurorafaq.html </BODY></HTML> --_000_B78ED8A4B2D26E409A1DABDDBB08982A200F2268B3NXPRDVSMBX17g_-- --===============5144944991889541651== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ 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 --===============5144944991889541651==--