[CLUE-Tech] Re: SPARC systems/Linux

[Nate Duehr]

dan radom wrote:

>* dan radom (dan at radom.org) wrote:
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>>* Brandon N (bneill at yahoo.com) wrote:
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>>>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.
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>>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.  
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>>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.
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>tdtpf?  yes.  that should read tftpd.
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Whew.. I thought that was another acronym I had to go find... (GRIN... 
just kidding of course).

Nate