[SunRescue] Linux for SPARCStation 2

Kent Rankin krankin at usit.net
Mon Jan 24 01:11:31 CST 2000


> Hi, I have this old skool SPARCStation 2, its running SunOS 4.1.1, and I
> heard that its a pretty weak OS so I am looking for somethine else to run on
> this thing.. I was looking for linux... but on the www.UltraLinux.org site
> under "What machines will never run Linux?" they say "(or for that matter
> the really old Sun 2 and Sun 1)" I am not sure if that means this Sparc
> station or not... Can someone shed some light on this? Other then Linux what
> else can I run?

	They mean the Sun-1 and Sun-2 series, not the SPARCStation 2(part of
the Sun-4 series).  Your SPARCStation 2 can run SPARCLinux(ewwww).

	You could also run Solaris, NetBSD, OpenBSD, OpenStep, and a few other
operating systems.


							-Kent Rankin






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