[CLUE-Tech] Re: SPARC systems/Linux
dan radom
dan at radom.org
Tue Jun 8 10:08:11 MDT 2004
* dan radom (dan at radom.org) wrote:
> * Brandon N (bneill at yahoo.com) wrote:
> > I'm not aware of Sun ever providing Linux/SPARC. Also, I don't think
> > you can jumpstart linux, there may be ways to install from the network,
> > but that isn't quite the same thing. Most Ultra's come with a CDROM
> > drive, but there are some Netra's that didn't, however you can hook up
> > an external drive to them.
> >
>
> Redhat sparc became aurora linux, and current release version is based on
> rh 7.3 and the dev version is some fedora derivitive. I'm running a
> combination of aurora and gentoo on Ulrea 5's, an Ultra 1 and some misc
> sparcstations. Both distros run well.
>
> Linux can be installed over the network. Hell. It can even boot and run
> off the network. It's a pretty simple process involving rarpd, tdtpf,
> bootpd / dhcpd and nfsd.
tdtpf? yes. that should read tftpd.
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