I'v ejust installed Debian Sarge onto an old UltraSparc 10 (64bit), with 256M RAM and it seems to run quite nicely (although Gnome is a bit slow). However, there are a few quirks: The kernel is 2.4.27 - I was hoping for a 2.6 kernel. I don't really understand why 2.4 is only available. Because of this, some other daemons don't run (like hald), reporting that a 2.6 kernel is required. Also, I haven't managed to get the sound to work. Apart from that, i can recomment Debian on the Sparc 64. -- --------------------------------------- Stuart Bailey BSc (hons) CEng CITP MBCS LinuSoft (Proprietor) Linux Specialist (01953) 601294 (07778) 383739 http://www.linusoft.co.uk ---------------------------------------- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please email postmaster@linusoft.co.uk immediately. You should not copy or use this email or attachments for any purpose nor disclose their contents to any other person. NO BINDING CONTRACT WILL RESULT FROM THIS E-MAIL UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A WRITTEN DOCUMENT IS SIGNED ON BEHALF OF LinuSoft. LinuSoft cannot accept any responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks. *************************************************************************
Stuart Bailey <stuart@linusoft.co.uk> wrote:
However, there are a few quirks: The kernel is 2.4.27 - I was hoping for a 2.6 kernel. I don't really=20 understand why 2.4 is only available.
It looks like 2.6 on sparc isn't an easy task, and the porters aim to support as many sparc variations as possible. See http://wiki.debian.net/?SparcKernelStatus A call for testers is at http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2005/07/msg00180.html Hope that helps, -- MJ Ray (slef), K. Lynn, England, email see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/
On Friday 05 August 2005 13:49, MJ Ray wrote:
Stuart Bailey <stuart@linusoft.co.uk> wrote:
However, there are a few quirks: The kernel is 2.4.27 - I was hoping for a 2.6 kernel. I don't really=20 understand why 2.4 is only available.
It looks like 2.6 on sparc isn't an easy task, and the porters aim to support as many sparc variations as possible. See http://wiki.debian.net/?SparcKernelStatus
A call for testers is at http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2005/07/msg00180.html
Hope that helps, Thanks for that - I have downloaded the neqw kernel. i will report my test result as appropriate.
Many thanks. -- --------------------------------------- Stuart Bailey BSc (hons) CEng CITP MBCS LinuSoft (Proprietor) Linux Specialist (01953) 601294 (07778) 383739 http://www.linusoft.co.uk ---------------------------------------- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please email postmaster@linusoft.co.uk immediately. You should not copy or use this email or attachments for any purpose nor disclose their contents to any other person. NO BINDING CONTRACT WILL RESULT FROM THIS E-MAIL UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A WRITTEN DOCUMENT IS SIGNED ON BEHALF OF LinuSoft. LinuSoft cannot accept any responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of this message as it has been transmitted over public networks. *************************************************************************
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