[SunRescue] Linux for SPARCStation 2

[nick at ns.snowman.net]

That's really odd.. I had the exact same problem on Alpha.  I've got an
older alpha, and whenever I try to install RedHat on it it dies on the
"Enter Root Password" section.  It seems like it failed to mount the fs's
it just finished formatting.  Is that the same symptoms you were having?
	Nick

On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Lyndon Griffin wrote:

> Chiming in a little late...  I had some severe problems with RedHat
> 6.0/6.1 installer on the sparcs...  the python program that is the
> installer kept blowing up.  I never could get an install done.  Debian
> installer was pretty cool, I had no problems there (and thus, I ran Debian
> for a while until I gave up trying to build the SMP kernel and just put
> Sol7 on).
> 
> Also, I never could get anything to compile right with the Debian install.
> Weird stuff, they do.  I was fine as long as I stuck with the binaries
> (and I do really like Debian's package management interface - a little
> convoluded, if you're not used to it, but great once you are).
> 
> <:)  Lyndon Griffin
> http://www.bsd4us.org
> 
> On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, 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
> > 
> > On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Stou Sandalski wrote:
> > 
> > > 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?
> > > 
> > > Thanx
> > > 
> > > Stou
> > > 
> > > 
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