[SunRescue] SS2 and OS

[Simeon Johnston]

I have a SS2 pizza box sitting under my desk at work and am thinking
about trying to get it working.  What would be the best OS to run on
this?  I don't have/want solaris so I think it is a choice between Linux
and a one of the BSD's.  I have had experience w/ Linux but would also
like to try out BSD as Mac OSX is based on this and I WILL be using a
Mac.  I would be seriously offended and may have to open a can on anyone
who tried to take my mac away.

It also has a video card in it but I have no monitor ( I think it got
thrown out.  It was some old 13 inch that was lying aroung in storage
).  Will I still be able to use the console w/ the card in or do I have
to take it out to get console access?  What about the keyboard and
mouse?  Do those have to be unplugged?

I don't even know if it will work but it's worth a try.  I will have to
get a new scsi drive.  The one in it now is a Micropolis ( My_what a
piece of_CrapItIs ).  We bought 15 of these drives and every one off
them died within a year.  Unfortuanetelly the company also went out of
buiseness at the same time.

I know very little about sparcs ( that's why I joined the list ) so bear
with me and my inane questions.

sim