Re: Which Linux distribution for a SparcStation20?

On Sun, 3 May 2009, Alexander Feld wrote:

> Hi List,
> is there anyone running Linux on a Sparcstation 20?
> If yes, which distro would you recommend? I wanted to install Debian,
> but Debian only supplies images for the Ultrasparc architecture (which
> runs very good on my Ultra1, Ultra2, Ultra5 and Enterprise 420R as
> well). I also tried Gentoo, which is available to 64bit only, too.
> So is there a distribution available that supports the 32bit Sparc
> architecture?
> Greetings
> Alexander Feld

Hi Alexander,

Yes, Sparc 32 is not directly supported by Debian, however if you d/load a
version of Sparc Linux, Debian 3.1r2 (I think) and install that, I am
fairly sure that does support Sparc 32 and until recently I had it running
on a SparcStation 5 providing mail and dhcp servers.

From there, you could/should upgrade.

HTH

Geoff

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