[SunRescue] Linux for SPARCStation 2

Gregory Leblanc gleblanc at cu-portland.edu
Mon Jan 24 11:22:50 CST 2000


Bill Bradford wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 07:23:01AM -0500, Mark Price wrote:
> > Hi, even though it is supposed to work, I don't think RedHat Linux 6.1
> > will install on your SS2.  It wouldn't install on mine (w/ 64MB RAM) and
> > I've heard from other people that the install program is too bloated or
> > something for SS2's..  RedHat 6.0 should work, but of course most people
> > prefer to run a BSD-variant on the SPARCstations.  NetBSD and OpenBSD will
> > run, as well as OpenStep.
> > Mark
> 
> Actually, SPARClinux still has a memory leak/kernel slowdown problem on
> Sun4c-based machines, which is why Redhat doesent list sun4c as a primary
> supported platform.

Strange, I've had a 2.0.x patched kernel running on a friends SS2 for
months (2-3 between reboots) without any problems.  Is this a problem
with the 2.2.x code someplace?
	Greg






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