Re: boot

> I'd like to ask a question and if you have the time could you direct us
> to where we might find the list of "good" installs vs "questionable"
> installs?

I am afraid there's no complete list. The FAQ has a few entries, though. See
www.auroralinux.org for a link to the FAQ.

> I have an Ultra-10, an Ultra-5 and an Ultra-1 -- other than that
> information I really don't know diddly-squat about the nuances/internals
> of Sparc hardware.  Could you shed any light on this?

U10 and U5: use text install, not gui. Append "ide=nodma" at install and in
silo.conf. Should be fine else. No idea about XFree86, though: I simply
don't use it. One user with an ide disk has reported stability issues ("hda
lost interrupt" -> uptimes in range of only 2-3 days for a mail relay for 30
users). Others say everything's fine with ide. With scsi (I run that here):
no problems whatsover.

Ultra-1: GREAT machine to run Aurora on (though my favourite is a U2 2x300
MHz).

> The reason I ask is I stuck with RedHat-6.2 because it worked

It was a darn great distro - I ran it on intel, Alpha and Sparc and was
really happy with it. But without security updates, I cannot run it any
more...

Good luck!

Ingo