[SunRescue] Re: Trolls and MP on rescued suns

[ericjester_123 at yahoo.com]

Robert Novak wrote:

> > Linux sucks when it comes to many different things compared to many
> > different operating systems...
> >
> <snip>
>

> I'm actually pondering running SuSE 7.0 on a SS20 with a pair of
> hypersparcs. The last time I tried Linux on MP was an older RedHat (5.2?)
> on a dual-SM100 600MP, and it didn't work at all (at least not with a MP
> kernel... was fairly solid with UP).
>
> Has anyone played with SuSE or newer Redhat on dual systems? I'll suggest
> the 600MP with SM100 since those are often rescued (try to get this back
> somewhere near the topic of the list), although if anything I'm more
> likely to put the 600MPs out to be rescued by another good home soon.

I run Red Hat 6.2 on a SS10 with 2 SM51's. Gnome is a bit slow, but all in all
RH runs very well, and IMHO it is a viable o/s for this old machine. Very easy
to admin and comfigure too.

Eric


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