Re: Which Linux distribution for a SparcStation20?
Rodney Hopkins <[email protected]>
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On Sun, 03 May 2009 19:07:58 +0200 Alexander Feld <[email protected]> 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? If you're not 100% tied to Linux, you might also consider OpenBSD and NetBSD, both of which support SPARC 32. I ran OpenBSD on a SPARCstation 20 for a couple of years. Worked great.